Court Tosses Jan. 6 Sentence; Ruling May Impact Other Cases

Newsmax ^ | Aug 18, 2023

[Navy Patriot]

A federal appeals court on Friday ordered a new sentence for a North Carolina man who pleaded guilty to a petty offense in the Capitol riot — a ruling that could impact dozens of low-level cases in the massive Jan. 6, 2021 prosecution.

The appeals court in Washington said James Little was wrongly sentenced for his conviction on a misdemeanor offense to both prison time and probation, which is court-ordered monitoring of defendants who are not behind bars.

Little, who entered the Capitol but didn't join in any destruction or violence, pleaded guilty in 2021 to a charge that carries up to six months behind bars. He was sentenced last year to 60 days in prison followed by three years of probation.

[napscoordinator]

Oh well.

[SomeCallMeTim]

Is this for real? I’ve been hoping some appeals court would start smacking these convictions back

[South Dakota]

The FBI/ DOJ went after General Flynn’s family.
They threatened to destroy their lives unless the General copped a guilty plea

[Darksheare]

He looks about how I imagined.

[Bikkuri]

"Nothing unusual in pleading guilty to avoid having your family destroyed forever by government attorneys with endless $$$$$ to spend."

👆🏻Exactly THIS.☝🏻

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Oh, look at his other posts. There are dumber.

[going hot]

Well...there is that!

[kiryandil]

Scary.

[cableguymn]

Trump has billions of reasons to plead not guilty.

This fellow didn’t.

[AAABEST]

lol - you must like getting dragged.

[ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas]

I will say that Lamberth may not be the worst DC judge. That is faint praise though.

Federal judge holds DC jail in contempt and says it violated US Capitol rioter’s civil rights

[Steve Van Doorn]

"You have to admit he was an idiot to plead guilty. Why would you if you don’t think you are? I bet trump won’t do what this jerk did and plead guilty."

Trump is a billionaire. The process to win a case like this is a minimum of about $250,000 (trial/appeals and so on.) If he was his own lawyer anything he said would be used against him.

Remember they did enter the building which was a minor misdemeanor in my opinion. Should be community service or something.

The guy that picked up the podium which i think he might have been a bad actor. He had people pay for his defense it cost them hundreds of thousands of dollars and he spent about 18 months in prison.

Look at in economic terms and the threat they gave him. It was a misdemeanor if he pleads guilty. or
Obstructing an official proceeding (used against defendants in Jan 6 and electoral collage vote count.) "fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obstructing_an_official_proceeding
The 20 year sentence for interrupting is ridiculous but that is what they set.
""improper purpose" means cause unnecessary delay" No more then 20 years.
Am I mistaken but they could charge anyone in congress with that?
https://law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1515
https://law.cornell.edu/rules/frcp/rule_11

[Maris Crane]

If you have read the posters previous, prolific posts, you will see a pattern of NOTHING BUT NONSENSE, IMHO.

So, I agree with you.

Regards

[Steve Van Doorn]

shaman guy (Jacob Chansley) add up all these charges. he was looking at about 40 years in prison if he lost
Remember the guards never asked him to leave and they gave him an escorted tour.
https://www.justice.gov/opa/page/file/1352916/download

[central_va]

He plead guilty. If you believe you guilty, I have no sympathy for him. I’m shocked it was appealed at all.

Ashli Babbitt could not be reached for comment.

[central_va]

This has got to be one of the dumbest posts I've ever seen on Free Republic.

Agree!!! Dittos!!!

[central_va]

I believe in freedom of speech but that post is Zot worthy. Was it sarcasm?

[Syncro]

The only ones that deserve any kind of punishment at all are the FBI Antifa and other goons supported by Pelosi.

And ringleader Pelosi Bowser et al need RICO Charges and Max sentences!

[Mashood]

Back in the normal days, DOJ always had “bigger fish to fry” when screwing around with misdemeanor stuff.

[napscoordinator]

Blessings.