Posted on 08/18/2023 4:59:06 PM PDT by 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.
(Excerpt) Read more at newsmax.com ...
Catholic since the womb.
Thank you.
Some people plead guilty and reserve the right to appeal. He probably didn’t have the resources to fight and did what he did with consideration of his family or being able to move on after this case. Or, worse, he thought the system was fair and accepted responsibility for what he did not realizing he wasn’t playing a game with rules he’d recognize.
Maybe his lawyer thought different.
How did I know that would be your exact response?
And of course our “friends” on the left never do any damage anywhere else when they protest either, no havoc and mayhem for months on end, no chaz/chop zones, no riots, none of that.
Seriously, you need to reexamine your logic here.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.