How Might Hunter's Gun Conviction Affect His Tax Trial?
Jazz Shaw
Now that Hunter Biden's gun trial is in the books along with his three convictions, his legal team is no doubt gearing up for his next date with the legal system. In September, he will be heading back to California to face a collection of tax evasion charges. The two cases are mostly unrelated, but will the first one still have some sort of impact on the second? In the opinion of law professor Jonathan Turley, it definitely could. The fact that he was convicted of illegally purchasing and possessing a firearm won't be an issue in the California case, but assuming he is sentenced for those crimes, that could impact any sentence he might receive if he's convicted of the tax charges. Hunter will be sentenced initially as a person with no criminal history. That won't be true when he faces the tax charges so the court could potentially come down on him significantly harder. (NY Post)
Hunter Biden’s conviction on felony gun charges increases the likelihood he could face stiffer penalties at his September tax-evasion trial should he be found guilty, an expert told The Post.
One of Biden’s current mitigating factors for when he is sentenced by Judge Maryellen Noreika on the gun charges is the fact that he has no criminal history — something that won’t be true during his next trial in California overseen by Judge Mark C. Scarsi.
Both jurists were appointed to the federal bench by former President Donald Trump.
A defendant in a criminal case with no prior criminal record can point to that as a "mitigating factor" when the judge is preparing to hand down a sentence. This is something that Hunter's legal team is no doubt planning to do when he faces sentencing on the gun charges. Despite the serious nature of the offenses, it's still entirely possible that he will get off without jail time, though some sort of fine and probably probation are almost unavoidable.
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