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Tue Jun 14, 2016, 02:56 PM Jun 2016

Prosecutors oppose separate Bundy case trials

Prosecutors want Cliven Bundy, 18 co-defendants tried together

The Associated Press
Published: June 14, 2016, 8:55 am

LAS VEGAS (AP) – Prosecutors are telling a federal judge in Las Vegas that Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy and 18 co-defendants should be tried together in a criminal conspiracy case stemming from an armed standoff with federal agents in 2014.

Documents filed Friday by the U.S. attorney in Nevada respond to filings by Bundy, his adult sons and nearly all the other defendants seeking separate trials.

Prosecutors argue it’s more efficient for one trial with one jury that can see “the entire picture of an alleged crime” ...


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