Tina Peters appeals contempt conviction in iPad recording case related to unauthorized voting machine access prosecution

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Source: Law & Crime

Dec 4th, 2024, 7:17 pm


The first election official convicted of a felony over 2020 election conspiracy theories promulgated by followers of Donald Trump is appealing an earlier contempt of court ruling in a related case.

Tina Peters, 68, is the former county clerk of Mesa County, Colorado. In August, she was convicted on seven counts of engaging in a security breach — related to unauthorized access to voting machines. In October, after a marathon hearing in which the defendant repeatedly expressed defiance and stuck to her theories, she was sentenced to nine years in state prison for those felony offenses.

While sitting in the gallery during a February 2022 hearing for one of her alleged co-conspirators, Peters allegedly used an iPad to record some of the proceedings. In May 2023, she was found guilty of contempt for that decidedly lesser charge — and fined $1,500.

In June, Peters appealed her contempt citation, with the state filing its reply brief the following month. This week, Peters’ attorney John Case appeared before a three-judge panel of the Colorado Court of Appeals.

Read more: https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/treat-my-client-as-if-she-were-some-other-poor-person-tina-peters-appeals-contempt-conviction-in-ipad-recording-case-related-to-unauthorized-voting-machine-access-prosecution/

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Full headline: ‘Treat my client as if she were some other poor person’: Tina Peters appeals contempt conviction in iPad recording case related to unauthorized voting machine access prosecution

[TexasTowelie]

1. Someone needs to spend more time in prison. nt

[riversedge]

5. I forget--has Tina Peters turned herself into a prison. ??

[TexasTowelie]

6. She is already in prison,

they took her into custody immediately after the verdict was read.

[riversedge]

7. Thanks so much for information.

[Fullduplexxx]

2. Friendly judge shopping

[maxsolomon]

3. MFer can't pardon her from a state conviction.

So, she has to find a way to spend her prison time...

[riversedge]

4. Here's how the judge ended the interaction:

During the incident in question, Mesa County Judge Matthew Barrett did not sanction Peters. Instead, he warned her after a bit of back-and-forth between the court, Peters, and a prosecutor.

Peters, for her part, denied recording.

Here’s how the judge ended the interaction:

Well, the bottom line is — as I mentioned, there’s a sign on the door that says no recording, video, audio — it’s all common sense for most folks to know that. This is a recorded proceeding in any event. So, this is the one warning that the individual in the courtroom will get. If I find that someone has violated this order in the future, then I’ll take appropriate action, and it will be appropriate — no doubt in my mind about that.