I have followed this case, a little. Not sure i understand it. I do understand the Law. this Judge is throwing her bias right into the publics face. she is daring anyone to oppose her. therefore she is a Liberal. I have never heard of Defendants not allowed to testify in their own behalf. I know the opposite is true. The judge always makes sure a defendant knows the have the right to testify and/or not testify. No witnesses allowed? never heard of this in my 38 years in LE.
No, find another source to read about this. They can bring witnesses relevant to the charges, they can speak to the charges. What they cannot do is ramble off into other topics. Maybe they can bring that up as mitigation during sentencing but not now. Nothing surprising here really. But again, the biased reported is very, very incomplete and misleading. Tiring and pathetic. (And, yes, I’m poking a stick into an ant hill as I am tired of hearing BS about the Hammond poachers and Bundy thieves and their misguided supporters and armed insurrectionists.)
No, find another source to read about this. They can bring witnesses relevant to the charges, they can speak to the charges. What they cannot do is ramble off into other topics. Maybe they can bring that up as mitigation during sentencing but not now. Nothing surprising here really. But again, the biased reported is very, very incomplete and misleading. Tiring and pathetic. (And, yes, I’m poking a stick into an ant hill as I am tired of hearing BS about the Hammond poachers and Bundy thieves and their misguided supporters and armed insurrectionists.)
I was kicked out of the courtroom in my own “trespassing” trial. I was in a public area of a government building for a lawful purpose during normal business hours, which is an absolute defense to a charge of trespassing. Didn’t matter. there wasn’t even a criminal complaint filed by a complaining witness.