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   From: NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com   
      
   In alt.home.repair, on Fri, 7 Jun 2024 09:27:58 -0000 (UTC), useapen   
    wrote:   
      
   >The Michigan man who went viral for joining his remote court hearing for a   
   >suspended license while driving his car never had a license to start, a   
   >judge said at a hearing on Wednesday.   
   >   
   >In a video that went viral last month, Corey Harris shocked Judge Cedric   
   >Simpson when he dialed into his May 15 Zoom court appearance for charges   
   >of driving on a suspended license while parking his car.   
   >   
   >“I don’t even know why he would do that,” the judge said, perplexed as   
   >Harris explained that he was pulling into his doctor’s office.   
   >   
   >The judge then ordered Harris to turn himself into the Washtenaw County   
   >Jail by 6pm the same day, before Harris replied: “Oh my God,” looking   
   >skyward in disbelief. Harris spent two days in jail   
   >   
   >It was initially thought that the viral moment had been the consequence of   
   >an unfortunate clerical error, with WXYZ reporting the order to halt his   
   >license was rescinded in January 2022, but never reported to state   
   >authorities.   
   >   
   >But now it has been revealed that Harris never had a valid Michigan   
   >license in the first place.   
   >   
   >“Let me make it very clear, based on what the court looked at. [Harris]   
   >has never had a Michigan license. Ever. And he has never had a license in   
   >the other 49 states and commonwealths that form up this great union. He   
   >has never had a license,” a judge said as Harris appeared in Washtenaw   
   >County Court on Wednesday, wearing a yellow shirt that said “trust me”   
   >across the front.   
   >   
   >During the 30-minute hearing, Simpson explained the order to halt Harris’   
   >license, which stemmed from a 2010 unpaid child support case, was   
   >rescinded. But he never paid his fees to the clerk’s office so a clearance   
   >was never sent to the Secretary of State.   
   >   
   >“The person that needed to be blamed is the person that he was staring at   
   >in the mirror,” Simpson told Harris. “He didn’t do what he should have   
   >done.”   
   >   
   >In Michigan, a person can have suspensions on their driving record and   
   >also not have a valid driver’s license. If that person was able to obtain   
   >a driver’s license, they would still not have the privilege of driving   
   >until they cleared their suspensions.   
   >   
   >At the hearing, prosecutors confirmed Harris knew he had been driving on a   
   >suspended license because he admitted it to officers at a traffic stop in   
   >October 2023.   
   >   
   >Simpson also noted additional evidence that Harris knew he did not have a   
   >driver’s license by the fact that Harris has faithfully renewed his state   
   >identification every year.   
   >   
   >“The way I know that he’s never had a license is because - on May 3, 1999,   
   >he was 19 at the time - he applied for his first Michigan ID,” Simpson   
   >said. “He has religiously, every year, gotten a new ID.   
      
   He's religious. That speaks well for him.   
      
   I've gotten my marriage license suspended, even though I never had one.   
   I hope they don't catch me.   
      
   > And so he knows   
   >that he doesn’t have a license.”   
   >   
   >In Michigan, you cannot have both a driver’s license and a state ID. i   
   >Harris previusly told WXYZ that he did not make an attempt to correct his   
   >license in 2023 because he was housebound. However, Simpson said that was   
   >completely untrue.   
   >   
   >“The reason I know that is because, Mr. Harris, on December 28, 2023 - do   
   >you know where you were?”   
   >   
   >Harris said he believed he was “laid up from his accident.”   
   >   
   >“You were at the Secretary of State’s office. You were at the Secretary of   
   >State’s office because redid and and got your new Michigan ID,” Simpson   
   >said.   
   >   
   >Harris then turned towards his attorney and looked stunned before Simpson   
   >warned him to stick to the truth.   
   >   
   >“His falsehoods and misstatements are not going to fare him very well,”   
   >Simpson said.   
   >   
   >Harris’ defense attorney Dionne E.Webster-Cox said her client is working   
   >to secure his license and has paid the reinstatement fee. He’s also due   
   >for a permit test this week.   
   >   
   >Harris was taken into police custody following the hearing for an   
   >outstanding arrest warrant for driving with a suspended license from 2015.   
   >   
   >https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/zoom-suspended-   
   >criver-corey-harris-b2558145.html   
      
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