The jury started its deliberations Tuesday afternoon in San Francisco. Court officers introduced that the decision had been reached Friday afternoon and can be introduced shortly after 4 p.m. There was no courtroom on Wednesday due to the Juneteenth vacation.
During his closing arguments, San Francisco Public Defender Adam Lipson mentioned DePape had been dwelling a solitary life and had gone “down the rabbit gap of propaganda and conspiracy theories” when he broke into the Pelosis’ dwelling on Oct. 28, 2022.
DePape was sentenced final month to 30 years in jail after a jury in November 2023 discovered him responsible of trying to carry then-Speaker Pelosi hostage and assaulting her husband on the couple’s San Francisco mansion in Pacific Heights.
The assault on then-82-year-old Paul Pelosi was captured on police bodycam video after officers responded to his 911 name and located him fighting DePape who then bludgeoned Pelosi with a hammer. Just days earlier than the 2022 midterm elections, the incident despatched shockwaves via the political world and was attributed to the predictable results of more and more demonizing political rhetoric.
Opening statements within the state trial started in late May, a day after DePape’s federal sentencing was reopened to permit him to talk after a procedural error throughout his unique sentencing.
Earlier this month, the choose within the state trial granted a protection movement to dismiss three counts within the case in opposition to DePape — tried homicide, assault of an elder and assault with a lethal weapon — primarily based on the general public defender’s argument that the counts fell beneath double jeopardy.
