Darren Huff

Suranis · **Joined:** Sat Nov 20, 2010 8:04 am **Posts:** 5253

It does seem a pretty long time to wait in jail to be sentanced, :-?

Foggy · **Posted:** Sat Apr 21, 2012 5:53 am

Not that unusual, really. Often a defendant will spend two years or more in custody before trial or sentencing.

But 1) it always has to be done with the defendant's consent, so there are no appeal issues; and 2) you get "credit for time served" applied to your sentence, no matter how long it takes. He's building credits ...

In minor misdemeanor cases, a prosecutor will often offer "CTS" as a plea bargain. It means "plead guilty today, be sentenced to the amount of CTS you have, and you go home later that day (well, actually the jails often release people after the buses stop running late at night/early morning, so it's more hassle for the freed inmate).

bob · **Posted:** Sat Apr 21, 2012 12:08 pm

Back-of-the-envelope estimates have Huff looking at 2-3 years. So he'll be doing time, regardless.

The only situation where delaying is a bad idea is if you think you have some winning issue on appeal, and will never have to serve.

TexasFilly · **Joined:** Mon Sep 28, 2009 12:52 pm **Posts:** 10669

Quote:

Militia defendant to be sentenced in May

By Matt Lakin

Posted April 21, 2012 at 4 a.m.

The man convicted of carrying guns across state lines for a fizzled courthouse takeover in Monroe County could learn his sentence next month.

U.S. District Judge Tom Varlan said he'll need the time between now and then to consider what punishment Darren Wesley Huff, 41, of Dallas, Ga., deserves.

Federal prosecutors and Huff's lawyer, Scott Green, spent a hearing Friday disputing that punishment. The law that led to his prosecution and conviction was passed in the 1960s in an attempt to squelch violent political action.

Violating the law carries a maximum sentence of five years, but so few people have been sentenced for such a crime that little case law exists to set a clear standard for sentencing.

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http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2012/apr/2 ... ed-in-may/

Estiveo · **Posted:** Sat Apr 21, 2012 11:35 pm

does he get conjugal visits with ol' Pinkie?

SueDB · **Posted:** Sun Apr 22, 2012 12:17 am

Estiveo wrote:

:-k does he get conjugal visits with ol' Pinkie?

But the remote has to stay outside...

Estiveo · **Posted:** Sun Apr 22, 2012 12:44 am

SueDB wrote:

Estiveo wrote:

does he get conjugal visits with ol' Pinkie?

But the remote has to stay outside...

What's the frequency, Kenneth?

SueDB · **Posted:** Sun Apr 22, 2012 12:51 am

Estiveo wrote:

SueDB wrote:

Estiveo wrote:

does he get conjugal visits with ol' Pinkie?

But the remote has to stay outside...

What's the frequency, Kenneth?

"Careful with That Axe, Eugene"

mimi · **Posted:** Sun Apr 22, 2012 8:51 pm

Militia defendant to be sentenced in May

By Matt Lakin
Posted April 21, 2012 at 4 a.m.

Quote:

U.S. District Judge Tom Varlan said he'll need the time between now and then to consider what punishment Darren Wesley Huff, 41, of Dallas, Ga., deserves.

Quote:

Green argued Friday that Huff's carrying the guns "was not in and of itself illegal."

Assistant U.S. Attorney Jeff Theodore countered that Huff had the intent to "create civil disorder."

Varlan said he'll consider the arguments and set Huff's sentencing for May 15.

remainder:
http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2012/apr/2 ... ed-in-may/

BillTheCat · **Joined:** Fri Jan 13, 2012 5:25 pm **Posts:** 1428

SueDB wrote:

"Careful with That Axe, Eugene"

Plutodog · **Posted:** Mon Apr 23, 2012 12:31 am

Oh yeaaah! Floyd!

Video from : www.youtube.com

mimi · **Posted:** Fri May 04, 2012 3:15 pm

Judge sets 5-year limit for militiaman in alleged Monroe takeover plot

By Jamie Satterfield
Posted May 4, 2012 at 4 a.m.

http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2012/may/0 ... in-monroe/

bob · **Posted:** Fri May 04, 2012 3:23 pm

knoxnews wrote:

The U.S. Probation Office, tasked with recommending a penalty range, did a bit of legal cross-referencing to conclude Huff's crime mirrored a firearms transport charge that carried a base punishment of 15 to 21 months. But the office then boosted it for a number of reasons, including the office's conclusion Huff intended to use the guns to strike fear in the hearts of government officials and lied when he denied on the witness stand telling people he intended to take over the courthouse by force if necessary.

Their conclusion? Huff should face 70 to 87 months when sentenced May 15.

[...]

Varlan did, however, conclude that the current crime that most closely tracks the outdated one of which he was convicted carries a maximum five-year sentence regardless of whatever enhancements the probation officer rightly assessed. That means Varlan could go lower but can't go higher than five years when he decides Huff's fate later this month.

Orlylicious · **Joined:** Mon Apr 23, 2012 4:02 pm **Posts:** 286

It was reported by Patriots that Darren Huff is in solitary confinement while awaiting sentencing on May 15, 2012, and is not physically well.

realist · **Joined:** Fri Jan 23, 2009 1:33 pm **Posts:** 23582

Orlylicious wrote:

It was reported by Patriots that Darren Huff is in solitary confinement while awaiting sentencing on May 15, 2012, and is not physically well.

BFB · **Posted:** Fri May 04, 2012 3:30 pm

Orlylicious wrote:

It was reported by Patriots that Darren Huff is in solitary confinement while awaiting sentencing on May 15, 2012, and is not physically well.

He misses his Mr. Happy.

Shagnastie · **Posted:** Fri May 04, 2012 8:14 pm

Whatever he ends up with, I think a thirty day reduction would be in order if he agrees to shave. That's the stoopidest looking beard I've ever seen ... not to mention that he could hide all kinds of contraband in there, including ... well, you know, things that go buzzzzzzz. [-X

Orlylicious · **Joined:** Mon Apr 23, 2012 4:02 pm **Posts:** 286

http://aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-1.newsvine.com/_ ... eral-trial

TexasFilly · **Joined:** Mon Sep 28, 2009 12:52 pm **Posts:** 10669

Orlylicious wrote:

http://aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-1.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/14/11704790-darren-huff-to-be-sentenced-on-may-15-prejudicial-information-withheld-from-federal-trial

Look at this beautifully written sentence by Cordwood:

Quote:

The training video was on the podium, being used by law enforcement officials and knowingly concealed during Darren’s trial without having been revealed.

nbc · **Joined:** Thu Mar 19, 2009 12:38 am **Posts:** 2532

Orlylicious wrote:

http://aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-1.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/14/11704790-darren-huff-to-be-sentenced-on-may-15-prejudicial-information-withheld-from-federal-trial

What a poorly written article and so clueless. Was it Walt who wrote this POS? ](*,)

TexasFilly · **Joined:** Mon Sep 28, 2009 12:52 pm **Posts:** 10669

nbc wrote:

Orlylicious wrote:

http://aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-1.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/14/11704790-darren-huff-to-be-sentenced-on-may-15-prejudicial-information-withheld-from-federal-trial

What a poorly written article and so clueless. Was it Walt who wrote this POS? ](*,)

Yes, yes it was. Over at the Pest and Efail:

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Darren Huff to be Sentenced on May 15

PREJUDICIAL INFORMATION WITHHELD FROM FEDERAL TRIAL by Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III (May 14, 2012) —[Editor's Note: Darren Huff of Dallas, GA has been jailed since October 25, 2011, when he was found guilty of transporting firearms in interstate commerce with the intent to cause a civil disorder. It was not presented at Huff's trial that [...]

http://www.thepostemail.com/2012/05/14/ ... on-may-15/

This is the kind of keen journalism and analysis that sits behind the paywall at the Pee and Eee. The whole article is pretty funny, but two things stand out:

Quote:

Darren Huff is to be released. They can’t keep him any longer, and if they want to schedule a new trial, but I don’t think that they would probably pull that stunt. Darren was not properly defended. Darren’s attorney worked against him; he did not work for him. I know that only because he said he was going to check into the William L Bryan connection and never did.

Once we start digging into this thing a little bit, we would have found out about the DVD PowerPoint training course long before now which depicts Darren and me as “sovereigns.” We would have learned about it back during the discovery phase of Darren’s trial.

Quote:

When we asked LCDR Fitzpatrick why his bank account at Regions Bank was closed, he told us that the bank was “afraid of the publicity that was attendant to this. This was the same bank that hired Detective Pat Henry,” Fitzpatrick said.

Geez, Wally and bank accounts just don't mix, do they?

realist · **Joined:** Fri Jan 23, 2009 1:33 pm **Posts:** 23582

Well, that's it then.

Darren and his link dildo must be set free and they now can't prosecute Wally, cuz... Wally sez so.

=))

Sterngard Friegen · **Posted:** Mon May 14, 2012 9:41 pm

What training video and why would that be relevant to anything? It was impossible to follow the Commodore's thought processes on this one. (Well, it usually is.)

bob · **Posted:** Mon May 14, 2012 9:44 pm

Sterngard Friegen wrote:

What training video and why would that be relevant to anything? It was impossible to follow the Commodore's thought processes on this one. (Well, it usually is.)

I infer law enforcement created a dossier on this scheme's players.

Piffle · **Posted:** Mon May 14, 2012 9:49 pm

bob wrote:

Sterngard Friegen wrote:

What training video and why would that be relevant to anything? It was impossible to follow the Commodore's thought processes on this one. (Well, it usually is.)

I infer law enforcement created a dossier on this scheme's players.

Yup. And I'm suuuure it contained lots and lots of exculpatory evidence that should have been obtainable during the "discovery phase". =))

Edit: Over in the Walter Fitzpatrick thread, there's an interesting link to what looks to be the whole article. As near as I can decipher, the oh-so-terrible central allegation is that the bad guys (e.g., cops, gendarmerie, state cops, mothers of state cops, feds, sheriffs, wives of sheriffs, sekrit Obama agents, et al) went around showing this highly prejudicial video to practically everyone in Monroe County. As a result, the citizenry was really, really askeered and it poisoned the jury pool. Or sumpin' like that.

Now that I've read the rationale, it all makes sense.

Falsehoods unchallenged only fester and grow.

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