After Josh Duggar was convicted for receiving and possessing baby pornography, Us Weekly can affirm he has filed a movement to delay sentencing.
“Defendant Joshua James Duggar, by and thru undersigned counsel, respectfully requests that this Court docket proceed the sentencing listening to on this case by roughly 30 days,” the courtroom docs, obtained by Us, learn. “Particularly, the protection would profit from a short continuance to supply extra time to pursue extra info and documentation associated to a attainable 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) consideration.”
Josh Duggar and his spouse Anna depart the John Paul Hammerschmidt Federal Constructing in Fayetteville on December 2, 2021. Information Licensing/MEGA
Within the 33-year-old 19 Children and Counting alum’s Saturday, March 19 movement, his authorized crew additionally requested for a continuance on account of “sure cheap COVID-19 precautions” taken on the Washington County Detention Middle in Arkansas, the place he has been held since December. Duggar’s sentencing is presently scheduled for Tuesday, April 5.
The docs declare that “this transient continuance” is to offer Duggar’s crew time to assemble extra proof and documentation to current because the courtroom determines an acceptable sentence. The movement additionally notes that Duggar’s attorneys have “confronted some delay in scheduling sure attorney-client privileged conferences by videoconference” on account of COVID-19 precautions. His authorized crew says the additional time is required to correctly plan forward of his sentencing.
The Arkansas native was discovered responsible on two prices of receiving and possessing baby sexual abuse materials in December 2021. He faces as much as 20 years in jail and $250,000 in fines for every depend.
The political activist — who shares seven youngsters with spouse Anna Duggar — was beforehand arrested with out bail in April 2021. His legal professional entered a not responsible plea earlier than the previous actuality TV star was launched on bond. (Josh was granted permission to dwell with household buddies Lacount and Maria Reber on residence confinement earlier than the trial.)
“This complete ordeal has been very grievous,” his dad and mom, Jim Bob Duggar and Michelle Duggar, informed Us in a press release after the conviction. “Right now, God’s grace, by the love and prayers of so many, have sustained us. Our hearts and prayers are with anybody who has ever been harmed by [child sexual abuse material].”
Anna, 33, who wed Josh in 2008, continued to face by her husband all through the authorized battle, attending his November 2021 trial alongside a number of of his siblings, together with Justin Duggar, Pleasure-Anna Duggar, Jessa Duggar and brother-in-law Derick Dillard.
“We’re saddened for the victims of horrific baby abuse. We’re additionally saddened for Josh’s household, his spouse and treasured youngsters,” sister Jinger Duggar wrote through Instagram amid Josh’s trial end result. “We’re saddened for the dishonor this has introduced upon Christ’s identify. Josh claims to be a Christian. When a professing follower of Jesus is uncovered as a hypocrite, the response of many will likely be to problem the integrity of Jesus himself. … For Josh, we worry for his soul.”
Her assertion continued: “We’re grateful to God for exposing Josh’s actions and to a authorized system dedicated to defending the harmless and punishing the responsible on this case. We’re grateful for justice. We’re praying for additional justice, vindication, safety, and therapeutic for all those that have been wronged.”
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