Guilty plea hearing for Kansas resident Jennifer Parks in #CapitolRiot almost went sideways this AM over a preface to the parading-in-the-Capitol charge most defendants are pleading to. Heading to that subsection says 'Violent entry and disorderly conduct.'
Parks, who sounded like she was sobbing at one point (we can only hear not see), asked to talk to her lawyer after clerk read that heading before asking her to finalize the guilty plea. After a few minutes, the attorney came back on the line and said it had been sorted out.
Defense atty Maria Jacob said there was no evidence of Parks being violent in the Capitol. Judge Carl Nichols said that had caused some other defendants concern and also pops up in the court’s computer system sometimes.
Judge had the clerk re-read the charge without the heading and the guilty plea to the misdemeanor was offered and accepted.
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