To repeat: this case is the most improbable and the most complicated shoplifting case in U.S. legal history. We know this claim might sound like typical hype but be assured it is not. We pledge to tell you the jury the truth in all instances. Like millions of others, we’re sick and  tired of the epidemic lying and B.S. afoot in our society and hereby pledge to  show due respect for  those who might consider helping us by just telling them the truth and let the chips fall where they may.

 

If, at first, the finder of fact simply does not believe our story, this proves they have been paying attention up to this point. But, if the fact finder will read on, the pieces of the puzzle will fall into place and they will eventually decide we are indeed telling the truth. And here we inject another truth. Claudia lived a remarkably troubled and deprived childhood and thus a remarkably troubled and deprived adult  life and her present circumstance comes as no surprise. Her three chronic pain sources (one of these sources is an old knee injury suffered in a slip/fall store accident due to Walmart negligence) called for prescription pain killers which led to total dependance on them and eventually other drugs. She recently checked herself into rehab and has accomplished what a lot of other folks have and that is to break that vicious cycle, recover and  put that way of life behind her.  Moreover, no matter what Claudia’s personal shortcomings might have been, this would, in no way alter the facts with regards to the outrageous insults and attack upon her very right to exist, by Walmart, the Don’t Care Phoenix Police Detectives and the prosecutorial misconduct by Phoenix City Prosecutor. Claudia M. Sobarzo was 100% innocent of the charges leveled against her by Walmart, Inc.. This we can and will prove to you, the jury, beyond a shadow of a doubt.

A need-to-know fact. Every attorney involved in this case opined: “you should take the diversion program.” John and Claudia refused to take the easy way out and fall victim to Walmart’s treachery by pleading guilty to a crime they did not commit and have this final injustice heaped upon their heads. What a dehumanizing  insult to think that any system of “Justice” forces poverty-stricken citizens to accept ruinous injustice simply because they can’t afford a private attorney or because they drew a braindead jury. And these, BTW, are the only reasons John and Claudia were convicted in the first place, the only reasons. John and Claudia opined that jury probably could not find the ocean from the deck of an aircraft carrier.

Another option finder of fact should keep close at hand as they read and that is whatever Walmart’s complaint against Claudia might have been, Walmart had the legal right to fire Claudia at any time and need not give a reason. However, the law frowns upon Walmart weaponizing the law by bearing false witness against an employee it just doesn’t like and consequently destroying this employee’s life and livelihood. With that said we ask: why didn’t Walmart abandon its cowardly ways, show some backbone and just fire Claudia instead of trying to frame her for theft and thus ruin her life, as they have with several other employees?

Beware of undercurrents! On first reading of this material, members of the jury will not likely fully grasp the hidden depths of Walmart’s treachery. The jurist will likely be astounded when they learn of Walmart’s insane obsession aimed at getting Claudia convicted of a crime they knew, with 100% certainty, she did not commit. Remember, Walmart and The City of Phoenix Prosecutor’s Office had at least 11 months to lay their plans before trial and lay them they did and but for the plan’s fatal flaws and perseverance on our part, the plans would have succeeded in completely trashing the little Mexican woman’s and her family’s lives.

Our research could not turn up a single court case where any Walmart personnel, salaried, hourly or contract, had ever even been accused of committing a felony during the course of any in-store legal action taken on behalf of their employer Walmart, Inc.. If there is an instance of such it’s well hidden. With that said, it appears Claudia’s story is about to unveil yet another first. Overwhelming circumstantial evidence indicates Walmart, Inc., via its legal counsel (both in-house and contract) and its employees, collectively,  committed the following felonies in the insane pursuit of a guilty verdict: falsification  of evidence (two counts) which is a Class 6 felony; withholding exculpatory evidence which is a Class 4 felony; perjury and  possible subordination of perjury which are also  Class 4 felonies in The State of Arizona according to SB 1680 changes in 2020. Jury will please note we are using the legal term overwhelming circumstantial evidence. The evidence presented strives to meet this legal standard: It is important to keep in mind that if the fact finder relies on circumstantial evidence, then the conclusions must be reasonable and natural, based on their common sense and experience in life.

Now, we turn to evidence that is not circumstantial; that is direct evidence based on Phoenix PD documents and Walmart’s evidence brought before the court. We are referring to The Original Incident Report and its supplement both generated by Phoenix PD Property Crimes Division and Walmart personnel. Also, we refer to Phx Police body-cam footage, Walmart in-store security cam footage and trial testimony that proves beyond a shadow of a doubt, Walmart store personnel committed perjury and filed a false police report among other serious offenses.

At first blush, these accusations are hard to believe even for those of us who know the truth of the matter and had a ring-side seat every step of the way. Nevertheless, the facts are the facts; follow them and see where they lead.

“How often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth?” — Sherlock Holmes

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