The following statement was read by Garrett Fitzgerald before his sentencing at the plea hearing of October 19, 2010. Without giving a reason why–representative of her childish behavior all along–Judge Teresa Warner refused to allow him to quote the passage below from “The Lorax” in its entirety. 1. Judge, I have pleaded guilty to Conspiracy [...]

September 22 marked the final pre-trial hearing for the remaining four defendants of the RNC 8. Important details such as the jury selection process, outstanding issues with the evidence in the case and lists of witnesses and exhibits, the table arrangements for the defendants and defense attorneys during trial and other matters were all discussed. [...]

Today was the fourth day of the RNC 8 hearings. Most of the day was spent questioning Sergeant Jay Maher of the Ramsey County Sheriff’s Department Special Investigations Unit, who conducted extensive surveillance leading up to and following the RNC, worked with the Ramsey County Sheriff’s Department informants and supervised some of the raids. Chris [...]

RNC 8 To Be Consolidated In One Trial The RNC 8 respond to Judge Warner’s ruling on several motions; single trial is victory for defense December 9, 2009 
 Contact: Melissa Hill, 612.886.4565, attorney: Bob Kolstad, 612.387.2508
 E-mail: press@rnc8.org ST. PAUL, Minnesota — Following their October 8, 2009 hearing before Judge Teresa R. Warner, the [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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.