Thanks to everyone who attended the rally and court solidarity on October 8! Enough supporters showed up that the court staff agreed to switch to a larger courtroom. Not only that, but even in the larger room, we took up enough space that the customary sad-looking undercover investigators needed to stand the entire time. The [...]
Download printable flyer Originally slated for August and then cancelled at the last minute, the RNC 8′s scheduling and motion hearing has been rescheduled for Thursday, October 8 at 9am in room 1040 of the Ramsey County Courthouse in St. Paul. Once again – barring further delays – all of the RNC 8 and their [...]
In advance of the upcoming hearing for all of the RNC 8, Max Specktor is scheduled to be in court at 9am on Tuesday, September 29. Max and his lawyer Larry Leventhal will argue a motion to suppress evidence regarding the contents of the vehicle in which he was a passenger when the vehicle was [...]
The RNC 8 have just received information that after waiting months for another court date, their next appearance on Wednesday, August 19 at 9 AM has been cancelled until further scheduling by the judge. The scheduling hearing was to be the first court date since the motion hearings which concluded on March 3rd – a [...]
The RNC 8 have finally been given their next court date: Wednesday, August 19 at 9am in room 1040 of the Ramsey County Courthouse in St. Paul. Due to a change in the Judge’s schedule, the hearing has been postponed. Therefore, the planned rally is also no longer going forward on August 19th. The scheduling hearing will be [...]
Near the end of March, Judge Teresa Warner proclaimed her ruling on the prosecution’s problematic proposed protective order, which was one of the main topics of last month’s proceedings. The ruling is about as favorable as could be expected, with the main point being that the eight will be able to receive their own copies [...]
All hearings are at the Ramsey County Courthouse, 15 W. Kellogg Boulevard in St. Paul, courtrooms TBA (you can always check the TV screens on the ground floor for courtroom assignments). Max Specktor: Tuesday, February 24, 1:30pm Monica Bicking: Tuesday, February 24, 1:30pm (schedule change – previously listed as 2:30) Luce Guillen-Givens: Friday, February 27, [...]
At last week’s scheduling hearing, each of the RNC 8 and/or their lawyers met separately with Judge Teresa Warner. Most though not all of the proceedings were off the record. Judge Warner stated that she will be treating the case as eight individual cases until motions of consolidation are filed by either the defense or [...]
Now that Judge Rosas has recused himself, the RNC 8 have been assigned a new judge – Judge Teresa R. Warner. The eight also have a scheduling hearing coming up on Wednesday, February 11 at the Ramsey County Courthouse.
The defense team for the 8 received word last week that Judge Salvador Rosas, previously selected to hear the case, has decided to recuse himself. Judges are required to step down from a case by recusing themselves when they feel a conflict of interest exists. Rosas hasn’t said what exactly the conflict of interest is, [...]