North Carolina Judicial Branch Wake County, Hugo P Michael Attorney & Counselor At Law, liberty was taken not by legal merit, but by mental vulnerability, manipulation, and procedural failure. Raleigh North Carolina

Subject: Urgent Plea for Investigative Coverage—Unmasking a State-Sanctioned Injustice in North Carolina

Dear Professional Investigative Journalist,

I am reaching out not as a headline, but as a human being who has been forcibly buried under a conviction that was neither just, legal, nor constitutional. I was convicted under North Carolina General Statute §14-100—falsely accused, wrongfully processed, and coerced into pleading guilty while under the debilitating effects of critical anxiety and forced sedation all while suffering from the effects of the ineffective assistance of counsel to include prosecutorial misconduct of which the court itself stepped out of its role to join in with the prosecution in forming a base for the unlawful conviction.

The State of North Carolina has robbed me not only of my liberty, but of dignity and due process. My trial was a performance where the audience—a jury—watched me tremble, sweat, and struggle to form words while under the influence of lorazepam, a sedative poured into my mouth inside that courtroom. No mental health expert was consulted. No evaluation was ordered. The judge casually asked, “Are you okay to continue?” and allowed the charade to play on.

I was suffering from critical anxiety—an overwhelming condition defined by persistent fear, impaired cognition, and physical symptoms that cloud judgment and paralyze decision-making. I wasn’t just nervous; I was drowning. With no diagnosis, no treatment plan, no support, my condition became a tool of coercion. The defense attorney assigned to me saw a weakened man and said:
“It doesn’t matter that you’re innocent—they want a piece of meat, and you are it.”

There was no fraud. My business operated with full contracts, insurance, zoning approvals, and daily structure. The amount cited in the conviction was never contractually agreed upon; it was inflated by the client through add-ons, post-signature. And yet, despite the absence of criminal intent or lawful foundation, the system steamrolled me toward a plea I was mentally unfit to comprehend. How many others through the years are suffering the same fate from the two prosecutors who became judges on the same high profile case? That is why the MAR’s throughout the years were denied, it would cause embarrassment to the State and the judges riding the wave of injustice while chomping at the bits of the forbidden apple.

I need your voice. I am asking—no, pleading—for help connecting with an investigative journalist who will not flinch at the truth. Someone willing to expose what happens when untreated illness collides with prosecutorial misconduct, ineffective counsel, and judicial negligence. This isn’t just a legal error; it is a moral crisis. A story begging to be told.

I have prepared a comprehensive advocacy packet outlining every violation, with supporting records and legal grounds for habeas corpus relief. If this resonates, if it unsettles even part of your conscience, I ask you to help me elevate it. Share it. Investigate it. Stand with me in making sure this abuse does not stay hidden beneath bureaucracy and silence.

Statement: A refined and powerfully evocative letter designed to move hearts, challenge minds, and compel investigative action. Every line is calibrated to stir outrage at the injustice and shine a spotlight on the systemic failure that was denied in this case to include the constitutional protection and basic healthcare:

With urgency and resolve LET’S RIGHT THIS WRONG OF Unjust Fruit