David Burgert In the News-- Update 5
Joseph Pothier
Good Morning Newsgroup Readers,
I reference my numerous postings on the militia group Project 7 and its
leader David Burgert from late 2002 through 2006.
Today's Billings Gazette reports on last Friday's re-sentencing of
Project 7 leader David Burgert to eight years, four months, in federal
prison on firearms and firearms related charges. Burgert was originally
sentenced to ten years in prison, but that sentence was overturned on
appeal in January 2005.
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Associated Press, `Former Project 7 Militia Leader Re-Sentenced to 8
Years In Prison,` Billings Gazette, 070806.
KALISPELL-- The former leader of a Flathead County militia group has
been re-sentenced on federal weapons charges.
David Burgert was sentenced Friday in U.S. District Court in Missoula to
eight years and four months in prison and three years of supervised
release for conspiracy to possess illegal firearms, possession of a
firearm and being a felon in possession of a firearm.
He was originally sentenced to a total of 10 years in prison.
Burgert, accused of leading the militia group known as Project 7,
appealed his conviction and sentence. He alleged his punishment exceeded
the maximum sentence allowed based on the facts he admitted.
He also accused Chief U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy of improperly
increasing his sentence because of the risk he caused to others in the
February 2002 armed standoff with officers west of Kalispell.
Burgert said Tracy Brockway, who was sentenced to 27 months in prison
for weapons violations, was a willing participant when he fled from law
enforcement and should not affect the severity of his sentence.
The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals overturned Burgert's sentence in
January 2005, and sent the case back to federal court in Missoula for
re-sentencing. His conviction was upheld.
In December, a district judge in Kalispell dismissed the final claims in
a lawsuit Burgert had filed against city and county officials. He had
accused them of illegally taking personal property and making defamatory
statements about him during their criminal investigation.
A federal jury earlier last year sided against Burgert in a separate
lawsuit filed against several law enforcement agents.
S. Olson
> Good Morning Newsgroup Readers,
>
> I reference my numerous postings on the militia group Project 7 and its
> leader David Burgert from late 2002 through 2006.
>
> Today's Billings Gazette reports on last Friday's re-sentencing of
> Project 7 leader David Burgert to eight years, four months, in federal
> prison on firearms and firearms related charges. Burgert was originally
> sentenced to ten years in prison, but that sentence was overturned on
> appeal in January 2005.
>
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>
> Associated Press, `Former Project 7 Militia Leader Re-Sentenced to 8
> Years In Prison,` Billings Gazette, 070806.
>
> KALISPELL-- The former leader of a Flathead County militia group has
> been re-sentenced on federal weapons charges.
>
> David Burgert was sentenced Friday in U.S. District Court in Missoula to
> eight years and four months in prison and three years of supervised
> release for conspiracy to possess illegal firearms, possession of a
> firearm and being a felon in possession of a firearm.
So much for the screams of them claiming to be 'law-abiding' citizens.
How much you wanna bet some bozo on another newsgroup will claim that
because Davey got 20 months knocked off his time in the Slammer,
that's a 'victory' for the Second Amendment?
S. Olson