Bundy defendants want separate trials in Bunkerville standoff case

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Posted May 30, 2016 - 1:46pm
Updated May 30, 2016 - 2:29pm

By JEFF GERMAN
LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL

A dozen of the 19 defendants charged in the 2014 armed Bunkerville standoff, including Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy and four of his sons, say they don’t want to be tried as a large group.

Bundy and eight other defendants want separate trials, and three of his sons, Ammon, Ryan and Dave, want to be tried together. They are trying to persuade their brother Mel Bundy, who seeks a separate trial, to join them ...

Defense lawyers argue in their papers that a large group trial would violate the constitutional rights of their clients ...

http://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/bundy-defendants-want-separate-trials-bunkerville-standoff-case

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1. Where is Judge Julius Hoffman when we need him?