Nicholas Robert Rekieta / Rekieta "Law" / Actually Criminal / @NickRekieta - Polysubstance enthusiast, "Lawtuber" turned Dabbleverse streamer, swinger, "whitebread ass nigga", snuffs animals for fun, visits 🇯🇲 BBC resorts. Legally a cuckold who lost his license to practice law. Wife's bod worth $50. The normies even know.

[bollweval]

You forgot to add this is the oldest son saying this.

At least he is finally stepping up like EVS instruct d him to do.

 

[AnOminous]

https://rumble.com/v5crm56-breaking-balldo-the-state-v-april-imholte-aug-28-2024.html?e9s=src_v1_upp

Tbh Gallagher is more impressive than Pierce, who put up a pretty weak argument. I'm not sure how much blame I can assign, since it's a pretty weak case in the first place. Also "cocaine was on the credit cards" seems an awful lot like the paraphernalia with traces cases that Minnesota has recently outright decriminalized.

Pierce seemed outright listless, perhaps knowing that this is not a terribly strong case. To be fair, this is about as good an argument as you could make with nothing but physical presence and the credit cards as your "evidence." Note that the motion to dismiss was denied without prejudice, again, awaiting another hearing.

I think Balldo would have a reasonable shot at at least delaying further proceedings because April's stuff would seem to have a possible impact on his own case, so maybe he could file for a stay until some of this other stuff is resolved.

Or more likely, he can just make sure April can't testify in his own case if it happens earlier than April's. If that's his strategy, it actually makes sense, at least unless April doesn't crumble and flip on him. The case against her is so weak, though, that I could see Balldo convincing her of that enough to hold fast until after his own case is over.

 

[repentance]

No effort in hiding it, not even a green screen nor one of the free zoom backgrounds that you can use. No wonder the house is trashed! They can't even be bothered to click 3 buttons, move the setup, use a laptop in another room or remove the very identifiable painting.
What a lazy bum

It doesn't matter. She could openly admit that she is now living there and it still wouldn't establish that she wasn't just visiting back in May.

 

[Friend of Dorothy Parker]

Is it still 5th degree charge? That seems quite high...

It's the lowest and is a gross misdemeanor. First is highest. Nick and Kayla are charged with 2nd.

April's going to be put between a Balldo and a hard place.

i think you mean between a Balldo and a soft place.

Eta:

Pierce seemed outright listless, perhaps knowing that this is not a terribly strong case. To be fair, this is about as good an argument as you could make with nothing but physical presence and the credit cards as your "evidence."

I'd have at least argued 152.025 subd 2(1): 5th degree includes

...unlawfully possesses[...]residual amount of one or more mixtures of controlled substances contained in drug paraphernalia

I'd also try an argument that the cards constitute paraphernalia, given they had coke on them and they're a well-known improvised tool, in addition to possession due to all her stuff under and in the coke, her in the bedroom, her purse right outside the room, coke on the cards. Is it the same as a crack pipe in her hand? No. But it's arguably a little better than if there were no reference.

On the other hand, it might not apply - drug paraphernalia is defined to mean something primarily used for drugs. ...Debatable!

On the other other hand, prosecuting this low an amount is arguably weakened by a new provision (new subd. 4(c)) from the 2024 regular session, effective 8/1, which allows a peace officer to refer someone with just this much to a local help facility. Though not in force at the arrest, it indicates a movement away from criminal prosecution for small amounts.

 

[Oxyjen]

Her lawyer claiming she was just visiting the house at the time of the offence while she's currently streaming from it is so fucking kino

This actually beats the black guy who phoned in to his driving ban appeal while driving a car.

(Yes I know he dindu nuffin, that’s why this one is even funnier).

 

[John Andrews Stan]

Pierce, who put up a pretty weak argument

Disappointing that she didn’t fact-check Gallagher’s lie about how many times April is named in the doc. She had a slam dunk served to her on a silver platter. “Your honor, Ape is also mentioned when her co-defendant testified that she is their live-in nanny. And upon information and belief, Ape is today appearing from the residence where the drugs were found.”

 

[Hrothgar]

You have to remember small town, normies, and boomers. They usually never experience interruption and get like zero audience coming into court.

Yeah, they'd get the benefit of that doubt if they didn't already know this isn't going to be normal. They had Nick's Zoom arraignment with someone screaming nigger or whatever. They had a fuckton of requests to broadcast the hearings, a far larger crowd in person when denying the broadcast of the omnibus, Ralph running around being a retard and earning a police inquiry regarding intimidation, and there was some Twitter bullshit as well. It is a small town, so they have to know what a fucking circus this is.

It would certainly be nice if they didn't have to tard wrangle the people on Zoom who are giving reasons to not broadcast future hearings because they can't control their autism and faggotry, but it would also be nice if the state didn't have to go after Balldo for endangering his kids by having them around cocaine. Unfortunately, that's not the world we live in.

 

[repentance]

I asked that - they can’t call her as a witness as she has a right not to self incriminate, which presumably her testimony would do.

They can call her. She has a right not to self-incriminate, but not a duty. It's also a right which she has to invoke.

The point is, it serves as a bit of a legal fiction. Plus, the standard of evidence for the warrant isn't reasonable doubt - it's basically preponderance of evidence, and for that purpose, training on these sorts of behaviors would suffice even if imperfect.

The standard is much lower than preponderance of evidence.

I still don't understand how countries can operate without a single lawbook that everyone reads from and anyone can access, even if it is 10,000 pages long. It all seems to rely on someone just remembering a particular case or statute for every particular occasion.

There are millions of pages of laws and millions more of precedents. We've seen how wrong people get it when trying to interpret laws based solely on the wording of the legislation. Reducing everything down to Cliff's notes would only make that worse.

Oh my god. Spurgs in the zoom chat screaming shit at the end.

1. Which of you asked to see April's tits @ the end of the stream?
2. What tits?

Is there any clips without the screaming homo? Absolutely obnoxious and highly gay.

It's Ralph tier cringe and I hope they get doxed.

Does she sometimes wonders if, after her first arrest, she had just put some distance between herself and the Rekieta's, she might not be in this situation?

She's faced no meaningful consequences so she has no reason to reflect and re-evaluate.

 

[Friend of Dorothy Parker]

Disappointing that she didn’t fact-check Gallagher’s lie about how many times April is named in the doc. She had a slam dunk served to her on a silver platter. “Your honor, Ape is also mentioned when her co-defendant testified that she is their live-in nanny. And upon information and belief, Ape is today appearing from the residence where the drugs were found.”

Being a petty asshole isn't necessary or smart when you're in no danger of losing the question of the day. And same goes for opening up a slap fight about where she lives. For today, minimum was all that was needed.

And yes I just contradicted my last "I'd have argued" comment. Sue me!

 

[Captain Manning]

Disappointing that she didn’t fact-check Gallagher’s lie about how many times April is named in the doc. She had a slam dunk served to her on a silver platter. “Your honor, Ape is also mentioned when her co-defendant testified that she is their live-in nanny. And upon information and belief, Ape is today appearing from the residence where the drugs were found.”

She might have felt it was so weak she didn't need to.

And, obviously, she would be right. If the judge were on the fence, I think they would have asked the prosecutor for their input.

It was a better written motion than Nick's (in terms of formatting and clarity), but it was still bullshit that wasn't gonna work.

 

[Dixieland Buckaroo]

Aaron was positing on his show that Nick had gaslit April into believing that the charges would be gone after the hearing today. Gonna be a rough day in the balldo bunker if so- one pissed off "hot"wife and Nick out at least two grand.

 

[Watching Rekieta]

She is ordered to report to the Sheriff's office for booking photo and prints in the next 24 hours.

No, she only has to contact probation for monitoring. Alternatively post bond.

She was booked, photographed and fingerprinted at arrest on 5/23 and does not have to repeat it.

 

[Potatoherder]

Nate and Kurt are really going in on Barnes being retarded. Expect Barnes and Viva to mega sperg.

edit: Joe joined and is full on balldo washing.
edit2: Joe is arguing in bad faith now. It's so clear so much of lawtube just doesn't know anything about law.

 

[Captain Manning]

Aaron was positing on his show that Nick had gaslit April into believing that the charges would be gone after the hearing today. Gonna be a rough day in the balldo bunker if so- one pissed off "hot"wife and Nick out at least two grand.

What you're basically saying is he's gonna be furious with "Judge Pussy Liquor" some more.

How dare she apply actual law, and not Rekieta Law™.

 

[HackerX]

Nate is doing more coverage and more coverage is always better according to Nick... Didn't Viva and Barnes sperg out on Nate recently?

Pretty sure Nate was the first one blocked by Barnes. One of Lawtube's first streams where they were figuring out sides and Barnes spewed the first silo of "UNCONSTITUTIONAL!!!!" retarded shit. Barnes didn't like that Nate wasn't in board and then BLOCKED!

 

[Watching Rekieta]

Gallagher is more impressive than Pierce, who put up a pretty weak argument.

She may have only put up as necessary to move forward. Everything she says can be used by defense so she probably doesn't want to get ahead of her skis. She stayed away from April's residency I think to not get boxed in to a narrative. She knew what the judge wanted and walked away with everything she wanted.

Now to get April to plea and testify. She might not even have to say anything but "The body cam is a true and accurate depiction" as Pierce introduces it as evidence.

 

[Lemondale]

April betraying balldo when?

 

[Friend of Dorothy Parker]

What you're basically saying is he's gonna be furious with "Judge Pussy Liquor" some more.

How dare she apply actual law, and not Rekieta Law™.

Why is nick out $2k? She got released ror, just be in contact, didn't she?

OK looked at other thread and guess listening on 2x and doing other things didn't serve me well.

Aaron was positing on his show that Nick had gaslit April into believing that the charges would be gone after the hearing today. Gonna be a rough day in the balldo bunker if so- one pissed off "hot"wife and Nick out at least two grand.

How would Aaron know? Not that I disagree - a) nick is a terrible lawyer (though I didn't think he was that bad), and b) gaslighting that way has the likely effect of increasing her belief (= his belief or chosen position) that it's all an unfair persecution and getting her scared and thinking her best bet is to stick with daddy.

 

[where's baldo]

joe working hard to be the fourth wolf or what? what the fuck is wrong with this guy?

 

[John Andrews Stan]

Nate and Kurt are really going in on Barnes being retarded. Expect Barnes and Viva to mega sperg.

edit: Joe joined and is full on balldo washing.
edit2: Joe is arguing in bad faith now. It's so clear so much of lawtube just doesn't know anything about law.

https://www.youtube.com/live/PhHCmdwcs8Y