Fair Trial for Matthew
When the government fears the People, you have peace; and when the People fear the government you have tyranny.
When a corrupt local government in Centerville, Tennessee illegally arrests a man, denies him bail, and accuses his mother of practicing law without a license for exposing the crimes of her local government, it is time for WE THE PEOPLE to stop the real criminals.
No one is safe from these tyrants if We the People do not stop them. While our care for Matthew Amick initially inspired this page, we have come to realize that this page is about the rights of all Tennesseans and the tyrants who want to take them away. We can stop this together, like our founding fathers did when the British got drunk on power.​​
HISTORY
Like many of us, Matthew Amick made some unwise decisions in his life. He had a tumultuous relationship with his wife, Rebecca, marked by plenty of arguments. In 2017, she made allegations that led to legal action but later recanted them, citing pressure from extended family as the reason for her actions.
Falsehoods and gossip made people take sides.
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Private squabbles and unresolved conflict are one thing – however when Public Servants are engaged against anyone, we, each and every one, the private People, have an inalienable (God gave it to ya) right to the presumption of innocence and due process of law.
Lies, conflicted interests, half-truths, conspiracy and abuse of process all converged to steamroll Matthew into a 47-year sentence based on an event in which no physical injury occurred.
Bypassing all lawful due process and constitutional protections, a group of disgruntled individuals and corrupt public servants placed their hostility and bias above the Constitution. Now, a man sits in prison, sentenced to nearly half a century without lawful due process – because hatred and ignorance were chosen over the law. He continues to be unlawfully silenced.
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This is the bizarre and unlawful story of one man in a small American town, who found himself on the wrong side of a small seditious group that conspired to play jury, judge, and executioner – outside of the Constitution.
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Our founding fathers designed a legal system in which the Constitution prevailed over petty town squabbles and agendas, providing protection from the wanton theft of a man's freedom. The Founders created an effective system in which checks and balances assured fair trials and due process. Nonetheless, when our society fails to protect these rights, tyranny can descend upon.... any man... in any town... at any time.
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Below are just a few of the perverse and egregious wrongs suffered by Matthew Amick at the hands of his own paid attorneys and the Centerville court, which denied him due process of law at every turn. ​​​​​​​​
Elements of this Case
Denying Bail for Non-Capital Allegations
When Centerville, Tennessee Courts creatively make excuses to deny bail.
When Matthew was arrested, the arresting officer informed him that there would be no bail for him.
Tennessee State Constitution Art 1 Section 15. - "That all prisoners shall be bailable by sufficient sureties, unless for capital offense."
There is no constitutional provision given for “public safety threat” which is a subjective opinion pushed by the arresting officer and his informants. Furthermore, a bond is not determined until a preliminary hearing,– which Matthew was denied – and under Tennessee law, bail may only be denied in capital cases such as murder.
Thus denying him bail at arrest is a procedural impossibility and a constitutional violation. More accurately, such actions are a betrayal of against the State Constitution and the People, when a so-called court acts like a banana republic with an unlawful agenda.
"The liberties of a people never were, nor ever will be, SECURE, when the transactions of their rulers may be concealed from them."
~ Patrick Henry​​​​​​
Trivia Fun: Count how many times you think the Defense Attorney could have....and should have used the word..."OBJECTION" during the bond hearing... hint, it's not rocket science
Sending your Child
to his room is now considered a Kidnapping!!!
State says you have no right to your offspring
On the day in question, Matthew and his ex-wife engaged in an argument. Matthew, not wanting his child exposed to the argument, instructed him to go to his room. His son complied and the argument continued for about 10 minutes. Matthew shot his ex-wife's cell phone, which he readily admits, deeply regrets and would readily replace. (The cell phone is the only casualty)​
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The State of Tennessee, in all its legal craft, charged Matthew with Especially Aggravated Kidnapping – even referring to the situation as a "hostage situation" – as if – there had been an imaginary negation for release. He did not even meet any requirements to be charged with "Custodial Interference"
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The fundamental issue is PARENTAL RIGHTS. A parent cannot lawfully be charged with such a crime, without having first lost some element of legal custody or parental authority or evidence of force, threat or fraud. Except, apparently, in Centerville, Tennessee.
This single charge accounts for the bulk of Matthew's 47-year sentence.​​​​​
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Tortured in Jail
Denied TBI Medications
Jailers Practice Medicine without a license, overriding doctor's orders.
Jailers took weeks to recognize the need to replace Matthew's prescribed medications – critical to daily use for his traumatic brain injury (TBI).
Moving at the pace of frozen molasses and State bureaucracy, they eventually restored his prescriptions – but only after being forced to appear at multiple binding court appearances without the assistance of counsel. This negligence subjected Matthew to cruel and unusual punishment protected against under the 8th Amendment to the United States Constitution.
Three-year wait for a
"Speedy" Trial
When the court fails basic arithmetic –
and fails to provide a constitutionally required speedy trial.
Under Tennessee law, felony trials are required to start within 180 days of the indictment. Centerville courts failed to meet this deadline violating the legislative intent of T.C.A. § 40-38-105.
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Matthew was arrested on August 8, 2019. Nearly 1085 days later – on his birthday, he finally stood trial – a preceding that can only be described as a mockery of due process.
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CURRENT STATUS: As of AUGUST 2025, Matthew has an timely filed both Open Motion for New Trial and Open Petition for Post Conviction Relief before the Centerville, Tennessee court.
Ineffective Counsel
Defense Counsel aids Prosecution
Attorney #1 - Imagine being in jail, trying to fire your attorney for TWO FULL YEARS! He refuses to communicate with you or your family. A letter to the judge yields no response. He never formally entered an appearance on the court record, which means he's not really your attorney!!! You have been denied counsel.
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Attorney #2 - You hire another attorney. This attorney had personal, firsthand knowledge of perjury committed by the State’s key witness—Matthew’s ex-wife—and even possessed the evidence on his own cell phone. Shockingly, he never used it in Matthew’s defense. Worse still, you discover after trial that this attorney—along with the same prosecutor and judge—expunged the related case record without your knowledge or consent. Poof! you can't get your evidence.
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This same attorney had previously represented Matthew's ex-wife when she was charged with domestic assault against him – raising serious ethical conflict of interest violations. You have been denied counsel.
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Attorney #3 - This attorney failed in his duty to safeguard the administration of justice by reporting the ethical and procedural failures of #1 and #2. You have been denied counsel.
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Attorney #4 - Appointed by the judge, attorney #4 is now following the same troubling pattern of non-communication and apparent loyalty to the court with blatant disregard for the accused. ​​
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Disappearing Evidence
Judge, Prosecutor and Defense Counsel work in COLLUSION
Unknown and unauthorized by Matthew, the Judge, Prosecutor and Defense Counsel all collude to expunge a charge from 2017. Ordinarily people want to have expungements to remove a criminal record.
When the case contained evidence of a prior act of perjury and false allegations committed by the State's star witness AND that same prior perjury is NEVER disclosed in the current court case, that's a problem!!
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In the landmark case Brady v. Maryland (1963), the US Supreme Court ruled that the prosecution's suppression of evidence favorable to the accused, which is material to either guilt or punishment, violates the defendant's due process rights.
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VIEW THEIR SIGNATURES YOURSELF:
It is Matthew's great hope that even those who would call themselves his enemy would support his right to a fair and impartial hearing. He would do no less for them.
Even more so, to those who have taken an Oath of protect and defend our Constitutions from all enemies foreign and DOMESTIC.
A labor of love leads to unlawful charges of
"practicing law without a license" for Matthew's mother.
When requesting public records becomes a criminal act.
Matthew's mother realized SOMETHING IS VERY BROKEN and began reading both the State and Federal Constitutions amid her son's tragic ordeal. She became alarmed by the peril we each face when government operates without accountability or respect for the law.
She came to understand that Matthew had been denied numerous constitutionally protected rights that would have guaranteed him a fair and impartial hearing, – rights such as an impartial grand jury, security of his person, knowledge of the nature and cause of the charges, access to bail, effective and conflict-free counsel, the ability to call witnesses and present evidence, and a speedy trial. In plain terms, he was denied DUE PROCESS, – the very foundation of what protects the Life, Liberty and Property of every citizen.
She went to the court to request transcripts that would expose the misconduct of the Centerville court. But like foxes guarding the henhouse, the Judge denied access to public court records – and then charged her with "practicing law without a license", all without a hearing.
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You need a
GOOD attorney
Yet the chief justice of the Supreme Court, Warren Burger, had this to say in a speech to the American Bar Association in Las Vegas, Nevada:
"Ninety percent of the trial attorneys in the United States are incompetent."
"Now, if 90% of the trial attorneys are incompetent, how are you going to pick a good attorney to represent you? It looks to me as though the chances are 9 out of 10 that your going to pick an incompetent attorney."​​
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Police Skip Miranda Warning and Fabricate Evidence
When a officer fabricates a Miranda reading in jail a full week after incarceration.
During Matthew's arrest, no Miranda Warning was read to him. A week later, Officer Carroll – the arresting officer – visits Matthew in jail with his body camera and staged a fake Miranda reading, reenacting it on video as if for a show.
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Matthew has been denied access to the bodycam footage that would reveal that officer's mischaracterizations and the timing of the fabricated warning. ​​
The TRUTH Is:
Your own Counsel is only committed to the court.
NO PROSECUTOR NEEDED!!!
​"His [the attorney’s] first duty is to the courts and the public, – not to the client and whenever the duties to his client conflict with those he owes as an officer of the court in the administration of justice, the former must yield to the latter." 7 C.J.S Section 4
"It should be understood that the job of the Attorney is to protect his clients rights, not to prove his clients innocence.
Protect his clients rights? What does this mean when translated? It means that if the attorney has done his job and protected your rights during the proceedings, then once you are convicted, there are no issues on which to appeal and your conviction stands. If you think this is a joke, take into consideration that attorneys, on a nation wide average in criminal proceedings, win only six cases in a hundred. That means that prosecutors win 94 cases in a hundred". ~ Congressman Louis T. McFadden
Matthew's trial counsel's opening remarks: “I’m not going to belabor a lot of the proof” and “the facts of this case are largely going to be without dispute” followed by extensive praise of the prosecutor. ​​​​​​​
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