A Texas man who was the first rioter to go on trial for the Jan ... Supreme Court ruling in June limited the government’s use of a federal obstruction law. The high court ruled 6-3 that a charge ...
The first Jan. 6 rioter to face trial is now the second to receive a reduced sentence following the Supreme Court’s narrowing of an obstruction charge used against scores of participants in the ...
Guy Reffitt benefitted from a U.S. Supreme Court ruling ... that applies to few Jan. 6 criminal cases. A jury convicted Reffitt of four other counts, including a charge that he threatened his ...
WASHINGTON — A Texas man who was the first rioter to go on trial for the Jan. 6 ... a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that led to the dismissal of his conviction on an obstruction charge.