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The court, a panel of 3 Democratic appointees, did NOT overturn the conviction. But it said that a lower court judge erred in deciding that #Brock should face a stiffer sentence for “substantial interference w/the administration of justice,” ruling that the #penalty does not apply to #crimes committed at the Capitol.
≥100 people convicted in connection w/the #Jan6 attack have had their punishments shaped by that enhancement, & they could now ask to be sentenced anew.
>100 people convicted of participation in the #Jan6, 2021, #insurrection at the Capitol may have to be resentenced after a #FederalAppealsCourt Fri overturned a #sentencing enhancement used to help determine their punishments.
The decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit came in the case of retired #AirForce LtCol Larry R #Brock Jr, who had appealed his #felony #conviction of… [#obstruction]. #Trump faces the same charge.
#law
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/03/01/appeal-obstruction-trump-january-sixth/
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