A California judge dismissed several state level charges against Paul Pelosi’s attacker David DePape on Thursday, after the defense claimed the charges amounted to double jeopardy, because DePape had already been sentenced for them in federal court.
DePape was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison last month after he attacked former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband Paul in October of 2022. DePape had hit Paul Pelosi with a hammer in San Francisco, but had intended to kidnap Nancy Pelosi.
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State prosecutors attempted to continue the state case against DePape, despite the conviction on the federal level, which led to the defense claiming there was double jeopardy because it stemmed from the same attack. But the California judge only dismissed the the state charges of attempted murder, elder abuse and assault with a deadly weapon, according to Politico.
DePape still faces charges for aggravated kidnapping, false imprisonment, residential burglary, threatening a […]
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