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"Appeal by parents of Trolley Square victim rejected; They sought to extend sentence of man who illegally sold gun to killer"

"Appeal by parents of Trolley Square victim rejected; They sought to extend sentence of man who illegally sold gun to killer": Pamela Manson of The Salt Lake Tribune has a news update that begins, "Even after Mackenzie Glade Hunter completed his 15-month prison term this fall for illegally selling a gun to the Trolley Square shooter, the parents of a woman who died in the rampage hoped to make him serve more time. On Tuesday, though, the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals threw out a request that would have reopened the case and forced a resentencing. The Denver-based court dismissed an appeal by Sue and Ken Antrobus asking that they be declared victims of the unlawful gun sale under the federal Crime Victims' Rights Act."

And The Deseret News provides an update that begins, "Court says Trolley Square shooting victim not a victim in gun case."

You can access today's ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit at this link.

Today's Tenth Circuit ruling holds that the only method for someone seeking an appellate court's review of a federal district court's decision refusing to designate the person as a victim under the Crime Victims' Rights Act of 2004 is by means of a petition for writ of mandamus.

Full post as published by How Appealing on December 02, 2008 (boomark / email).