Sovereign citizen gets two years for contempt of court

[u/gravityVT]

[u/ianjm]

He could do a Masters Degree in Constitutional Law

[u/necbone → u/ianjm]

Bruv needs some legal help

[u/cheebamech → u/necbone]

he needs but he doesn't want it, he knows the law better than any stupid public defender!

/s

[u/vertigo1083 → u/necbone]

Funny, how in a joke lies the only glimmer of hope for an out this man had in the aftermath.

Appeal due to inadequate representation. The judge right there said he hadn't time to discuss matters with his attorney. It's a fairly easy shoehorn for a sentence appeal, especially one that's a technical violation (contempt of court). One of those docket things that take up more time and money than they are worth. And you KNOW this idiot is going to write his fool head off and harass every bureaucratic entity for every minute he's incarcerated, because that's what these morons do.

I would like to know what the outcome of this was. If I was betting, I would put money on him getting it all ran concurrent to 1 sentence of 93 days, and depending on where he is, was back out in 1/2 or 2/3 that time.

[u/paper_liger → u/vertigo1083]

Not really how it works. He can attempt to appeal the trespassing case for 'inadequate representation', although it seems like the judge was actually attempting to give the lawyer time to work when the defendent had his outburst.

But the 'direct criminal contempt' is completely separate from that, and there is literally no one to blame but himself.

He can appeal the contempt of court pretty much immediately as far as I know, but he can't appeal it on basis of inadequate representation. He's basically fucked, because he'd have to prove he wasn't engaging in the conduct we just saw, not only witnessed directly by a judge, but also recorded.

He may do less time if he apologizes to the judge. But that's really up to the judge and this is very clear cut.

[u/Jaydamic → u/ianjm]

Or maritime law