Federal courts tussle over Montana militiaman's fate
March 31, 2016 NEWS
By Alex Sakariassen
... Nevada sought to arraign him on criminal charges related to his participation in the April 2014 armed standoff at the ranch of Cliven Bundy. But the request met with resistance in Oregon, where Payne is currently in federal custody ...
"Mr. Payne's rights to a speedy trial have been triggered in Oregon, where he was arrested, indicted, and arraigned," Hay wrote in a March 16 motion to block her client's removal. "Because Mr. Payne has not appeared in Nevada, the speedy trial clock has not been triggered in that district. Were he to be transported there, the speedy trial clock would start in that district as well" ...
Payne could be facing a life sentence in Nevada, where he is charged with 16 criminal counts, including threatening a federal law enforcement officer, use/carry of a firearm in relation to a crime of violence and conspiracy to commit offense against the United States ...
... compared to the 16 charges leveled in the Bundy standoff, Payne faces only three criminal counts related to the Malheur occupation .. including conspiracy to impede officers of the U.S. ...
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