Ammon Bundy asks judge to toss trespassing verdict, seeks acquittal
Rebecca Boone
BOISE Anti-government activist Ammon Bundy has asked a judge to throw out his conviction for trespassing at the Idaho Capitol and acquit him instead because he says the state s trespassing law should not be applied to public property.
Idaho s courts, like many states, allow defendants to ask the judge for an acquittal within several days of a jury verdict. The move is seldom made, however, and rarely successful.
It stems from Bundy s arrest on Aug. 25, 2020, after he refused to leave an auditorium in the Statehouse after officials ordered it to be cleared. Officers also said he went limp and refused to stand up and put his hands behind his back. Officers ultimately wheeled him out of the Capitol building on a swivel chair.
Ammon Bundy asks judge to toss trespassing verdict, acquit
Bundy says in documents filed Thursday that the state s trespassing law shouldn t be applied to public property. Author: Rebecca Boone / Associated Press Published: 6:29 PM MDT July 16, 2021 Updated: 6:30 PM MDT July 16, 2021
BOISE, Idaho Anti-government activist Ammon Bundy has asked a judge to throw out his conviction for trespassing at the Idaho Capitol and acquit him instead because he says the state s trespassing law should not be applied to public property.
Idaho s courts, like many states, allow defendants to ask the judge for an acquittal within several days of a jury verdict. The move is seldom made, however, and rarely successful.
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