To make a long story shorter, I was arrested and charged on a completely bogus claim of soliciting prostitution. I was actually producing a freelance documentary about American street life for a public television station, and offered an undercover officer some money to guide me around the neighborhood. She misunderstood, and I was detained.
The police seized my video equipment, but they did not know (and I have not told them) that all of my footage (including my exonerating offer of payment to the undercover cop) were broadcast live to the internet via my phone and are recorded on numerous online servers (I did this for safety purposes, and so that people could watch me live).
How do I spring this exculpatory evidence upon them before trial so that they are forced to drop the charges? What document would I file? I am a pro se defendant with no professional representation and know effectively nothing of the law at this point. The trial is tentatively set for next March (busy court, I guess), and I am free on my own recognizance until then.
My video equipment seized by the police had failed to record the scene - I forgot to mention that. My phone, though, did not fail. All the footage made it to the internet.
There was no crime committed. I am accused of soliciting prostitution, which I never did. I solicited a guide service, not prostitution. That is not a crime. I looked up the statute under which I have been charged. I am clearly not in violation of that statute.
