Louisiana Appeals Court Overturns Life Sentence for Sovereign Citizen in Aggravated Flight Case
Background of the Case On January 30, 2022, an officer observed Clay Landis Riggs speeding on a gravel road. When
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Sovereigns in Trouble in Both the Netherlands and Australia
The Netherlands The Midden-Nederland Court sentenced two self-proclaimed “sovereign citizens” to prison for threatening and extorting police officers and a
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Sovereign Citizen Criminal Defendant: The Unfolding Legal Drama of Qwinntavus Jordan
Qwinntavus Kwame Jordan, a 32-year-old convicted felon, is currently facing multiple felony charges stemming from a series of violent incidents
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Illinois Court Rejects Sovereign Citizen Theories in Postconviction Appeal
In People v. Brown, 2024 IL App (4th) 231395-U, the Illinois Appellate Court affirmed the dismissal of Cortez J. Brown’s
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Sovereign Citizen Claims Rejected in Habeas Petition: Butts v. Clarke
There are so many sovereign citizen cases that never make the news. There are many reasons for this and sometime,
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The Case of Pepo Herd El: Facts and Development
Pepo Herd El, a 40-year-old man, was arrested on March 27, 2020, at the Nubian Square MBTA station in Boston
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From Traffic Stop to Tractor Chase: The Unraveling of a Sovereign Citizen
Roman Angelo Royal was convicted of aggravated assault against a public servant and evading arrest with a vehicle. He was
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Habeas Denied: Scott Faul, Sovereign Citizen Ideologies, and the Legacy of the Gordan Kahl Shootout
I was watching a 1993 documentary about Gordon Kahl and was reminded of a court filing from a few months
Sovereign Citizen in Court: The Case of Demon L. Knight
In the case of People v. Demon L. Knight, the defendant faced serious charges stemming from an incident on October
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High-Speed Chase and Sovereign Citizen Defense: Court Upholds Conviction for Evading Arrest
In the case of John Edward Hopper v. The State of Texas, the appellate court reviewed the conviction of John