- Jurisdiction
- Colorado
In a Domestic Violence case that has been going on for 8 months now, I was recently given the option to fire the Public Defender, and I took it. Unfortunately, I have limited time to prepare and so far I only have the discovery that I purchased from the Public Defender's office a few months back before terminating him.
There were a total of 3 officers that arrived on the date of the incident. One interviewed me outside the home while the other 2 officers went inside to question my wife. After reviewing the videos from the body cams that all the officers were wearing, only 1 of the two officers that went inside to interview my wife actually interviewed her. However, neither one of these officers are being called as witnesses. The main officer that interviewed her is out of the country until next year. He was also the arresting officer. I'm not sure of the whereabouts of the 2nd officer. Yet, he is not on the list as a witness for next week's trial date.
My question is "How do I go about showing the court that I can not have a fair trial without being able to question or cross examine the arresting officer that is out of the country?" There are a lot of questions I would have for him such as:
"Why did he tell me he had enough evidence to take both me and my wife to jail, and our kids to CPS."
Additionally, I am defending myself in this case "Pro Se" and need to know the best way to handle this missing witness.
There were a total of 3 officers that arrived on the date of the incident. One interviewed me outside the home while the other 2 officers went inside to question my wife. After reviewing the videos from the body cams that all the officers were wearing, only 1 of the two officers that went inside to interview my wife actually interviewed her. However, neither one of these officers are being called as witnesses. The main officer that interviewed her is out of the country until next year. He was also the arresting officer. I'm not sure of the whereabouts of the 2nd officer. Yet, he is not on the list as a witness for next week's trial date.
My question is "How do I go about showing the court that I can not have a fair trial without being able to question or cross examine the arresting officer that is out of the country?" There are a lot of questions I would have for him such as:
"Why did he tell me he had enough evidence to take both me and my wife to jail, and our kids to CPS."
Additionally, I am defending myself in this case "Pro Se" and need to know the best way to handle this missing witness.