About Me And My Story

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In 1999,  I was accused of “fondling” a 9 year old female  which, in Texas, is a  second degree felony, I had never met this girl  before this day ( the facts are, the majority of sex offenders know their victims) {Finn, 1997; Truman, 2011}.  She was visiting my neighbors children who were about the age of my son and had been friends for some time, and they all had  come over to play, swim and watch TV with my son. I was the only adult home  with my son who was about 7 years old and daughter who was only a few  months old at the time because my wife was a nurse and worked weekends so she could stay home and home school our son. After playing all day Sunday, they went home.  Later that week charges of fondling through the clothing were filed.  

 The  mistake I made (and thousands of others make each day) was being alone  with children. In today's "child molester fear epidemic" an adult can no  longer take the risk of being alone with a child.... 

ANY adult with ANY  child!

I  was never allowed to testify on my own behalf. I was put through months  of court appearances and postponements because the, Judge  of CDC 1 Tarrant County was never in or unavailable. Furthermore she  never saw my case until after I was tricked and coerced with fear by the  Judge and Attorney into accepting a plea bargain UNDER DURESS for a  charge that turned my life upside down. When I realized what they had done I demanded My  lawyer  to submit a motion for a new hearing and trial, but it was  denied by the court

I was tricked to accept a plea and now register as a sex offender for the rest of my life https://www.narsol.org/2023/11/the-unintended-victims-of-sexual-crime-hysteria/  because of the judge and her arbitrary  unreasonable conduct and an unprepared attorney Randy Myers. This was a fiasco  apparently strategically orchestrated and planed by the Attorney and the Judge who were very close friends participating in benefit rodeos and  events together.  Here is part of the complaint against the Judge of CDC 1 Tarrant County written by my attorney Randy Myers
"...The Judge was  scheduled to leave "town for the Republican state convention" on  Thursday and Friday, June 15 and 16- 2000 and arranged for a visiting  Judge from Houston to sit in for her in Criminal District court Number  One on those two days. The Judge's docket had fallen through and there  were no cases left to be tried during the week of June 12-2000 "and the  visiting Judge expected to work and be paid for being there".

(RANDY MYERS SAID IN HIS COMPLAINT HE FILED ON MY BEHALF) "I  told her I would like a hearing that afternoon to make a record of my  complaint so I could make a record to take up to the Court of Appeals,  rather than go to trial unprepared with my client. She told me she  didn't want to hear it, and I could take it up With the visiting judge  the next morning. My client informed me that he did not want to go to  trial with me, if I was unprepared( THERE WAS NO REASON HE SHOULD NOT BE PREPARED AFTER ALL THE MONTHS OF COURT HEARINGS AND POSTPONEMENTS ). My client told me that he would  rather take the plea bargain offer than face (20) twenty years in prison  with a lawyer that was not prepared..."  ( he actually insisted I take the plea because he couldn't defend me and I trusted him wrongly, I was terrified )

Read the entire complaint here

 The Appeal:

The  Appellant was indicted for the felony offense of Indecency With A  Child-Contact on June 30,1999. (C.R. at 2). Appellant entered a plea of  guilty to the lesser offense of Indecency With a Child-Fondling on June  15, 2000.

On June 15, 2000, the court assessed Appellant's punishment at seven (7) years Deferred Adjudication Probation.
On  July 26, 2000, Appellant timely filed his written Notice of Appeal to  the Second Court of Appeals in Fort Worth, Texas, (C.R. at 75), and  pursuant to TEX.R.APP.P. 74 (k), the Appellant files his Brief on the  Merits.

B. MOTION FOR NEW TRIAL HEARING:

Appellant's  trial attorney, Randy Myers, testified that he appeared with Appellant  on Wednesday, June 14, 2000, for pretrials and announcement subject to a  notice he had received setting that time for pre-trial and trial for  the week of June 19, 2000. (R.R. Vol. 2 at 6). Judge Wilson informed him  on the 14th of June, 2000, that he would be going to trial on the 15th  day of June, 2000. (R.R. Vol. 2 at 7). Mr. Myers told the Court of all  the witnesses that he had already contacted as well as other subpoenas  that still had to be issued but Judge Wilson instructed him that he was  going to trial on Thursday, June 15, 2000. Mr. Myers left the court with  Appellant and went back to his office where he called Judge Wilson on  the phone and again explained to her that he could not be ready. She  again told him to be back for trial the next day. (R.R. Vol. 2 at 8).  Appellant then instructed Mr. Myers to see if the plea bargain was still  open because he was not willing to go to trial with a lawyer that was  not prepared.

(R.R. Vol. 2 at 9). The Court Coordinator then  testified that she sent out a document which stated that Mr. Bohrer's  case would be tried the week of June 19, 2000. (R.R. Vol. 2 at 10).  Appellant testified that he was prepared to go to trial on Monday, June  19, 2000. (R.R. Vol. 2 at 11). He also said that he and Mr. Myers were  not prepared to go to trial on Thursday or Friday, June 15th or 16th,  2000. He further stated that he entered a plea because of duress because  he was scared. (R.R. Vol. 2 at 11). The State relied on it's  controverting affidavit and the Trial Court denied the Motion for New  Trial.

Read the entire appeal here