Oregon standoff defendants' motions

By Maxine Bernstein
on April 28, 2016 at 5:15 AM
updated April 28, 2016 at 2:46 PM

... Joseph O'Shaughnessy's court-appointed lawyer Amy Baggio argues that the conspiracy charge filed against 26 defendants allows for "arbitrary enforcement'' ...

Ryan Bundy, who is representing himself with the help of standby counsel, wants to inspect the minutes, notes and rolls of the grand jury that indicted him to determine if the jurors were drawn disproportionately from the Portland area, where the defendants may hold a disadvantage, and not from eastern Oregon, where the alleged offenses occurred.

Pete Santilli's court-appointed lawyer Thomas Coan contends the government is wrongly prosecuting Santilli, an independent broadcaster, for his "constitutionally protected conduct'' under the First Amendment and urges the court to dismiss the conspiracy charge against him.

Ryan Payne's lawyer, assistant federal public defender Rich Federico, argues for dismissal of the indictment against Payne, saying that simultaneously preparing for two major federal trials in Oregon and Nevada violates his client's rights to effective defense counsel and due process ...

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