SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge will reopen the sentencing hearing for the man who broke into Nancy Pelosi's San Francisco home and bludgeoned her husband with a hammer after the judge failed to allow him to speak during his court appearance last week.
FILE – David DePape is seen, Dec. 13, 2013, in Berkeley, Calif. A federal judge will re-open the sentencing hearing for DePape, who broke into Nancy Pelosi ’s San Francisco home and bludgeoned her husband with a hammer after she failed to allow him to speak during his court appearance last week. FILE - Paul Pelosi attends a portrait unveiling ceremony for his wife, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi , D-Calif., in Statuary Hall at the Capitol in Washington, Dec. 14, 2022.
Hours after Corley handed down the sentence, prosecutors filed a motion noting that the court failed to offer DePape an opportunity “to speak or present any information to mitigate the sentence” as required by federal rule. They asked the court to reopen the sentencing hearing to allow him that option, saying the court has 14 days to correct a sentence resulting from error.
Ahead of the sentencing, one of DePape’s attorneys, Angela Chuang, told the judge to consider the prison terms being given to those who participated in the
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