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for a post-sentencing hearing.
37-year-old Shannon Phillips
has not been making payments
on the court-ordered restitution
and court fees that were part of her sentence.
Five and a half years earlier,
Phillips got into a physical altercation
with store owner Tyrone Currie
about how much change he owed her
from a lottery ticket purchase.
Tyrone told police that Phillips
went behind the counter
and threw merchandise around the store.
He also told them she had a gun in her pants
and had threatened to shoot up the store.
Phillips was arrested and charged
with carrying a concealed weapon
and malicious destruction of property.
During a bench trial, she was found guilty
of both charges by a judge.
She was sentenced to six months in jail,
followed by three years probation.
She was also ordered to pay $4300 in restitution
to Tyrone for the damaged property.
Phillips made regular payments for three years
but has fallen behind in the last year.
She's paid less than half the amount she owes to the victim.
Today, Phillips is before Judge Patrick Conlin
to address the outstanding payments.
Let's see if we can resolve this.
Is Shannon Phillips or anyone representing her in court today?
Ms. Phillips, are you there?
[tense music plays]
Are you Shannon Phillips,
who's identified as "UCC 1-308 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED"?
[music continues]
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She's chosen to log in to the hearing
as "UCC 1-308 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED"
and is not answering when the judge calls her name.
Okay. Well, there's no response to the court's inquiry.
It's 4:30 p.m. on, uh...
Can y'all not hear me?
[tense music continues]
We hear you now. Are you Ms. Phillips?
UCC 1-308 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
I am here on a special visitation
of the all caps name.
[host]
she appears to be employing tactics and reciting language
from the playbook of sovereign citizens,
many of whom believe that adding certain codes
and "ALL RIGHTS RESERVED" to their names
will protect them from prosecution.
-Who are you? -Okay.
Seeing no response to my request, it's 4:30 p.m.
The matter was scheduled for 1:30 p.m.
Um, Agent Miller, I will sign a bench warrant
upon your submission.
Failure to appear.
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until she identifies herself by her legal name.
My name is capital S, lowercase H,
lowercase A, lowercase N, lowercase N,
lowercase O, lowercase N.
Okay. Are you Shannon Phillips?
I am Shannon.
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so he wraps things up.
Okay. I will sign the bench warrant
when you issue it, Agent Miller.
Feel free to send that up to my office and I will sign it.
I ask for it to be dismissed with prejudice.
How y'all gonna sign a bench warrant and I'm right here?
I told y'all what my name was.
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but the judge takes her refusal to properly identify herself
as a failure to appear.
Phillips continues talking as the court moves on
to the next case.
-Number 56: People versus-- -Oh, okay.
-21535FH. -They mad.
Your Honor, Prosecutor Armstrong on behalf of the people.
I do not consent!
And have no contact with his...
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and a bench warrant was issued for her nine days later.
It remains outstanding.
Her non-payment hearing has been rescheduled.