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Motion by U.S.District Attorney for Y12 Witness on July 5, 2010
In limine motion in an attempt to silence peacemakers and strip them of a defense.

U.S. District Attorney has submitted a motion that includes all of the relevant defense laws for peacemakers who will appear in court on Jan. ll, 2011. The motion submitted is generally upheld by the Judge for the proceedings and trial.
No date has been set at this time for the motion to be discussed.

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE
AT KNOXVILLE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
vs
JEAN T. GUMP,
ELIZABETH ANN LENTSCH,
BRADFORD J. LYTTLE,
WILLIAM J. BICHSEL,
DAVID L. CORCORAN,
BONNIE L. URFER,
CAROL SUE GILBERT,
ARDETH PLATTE,
JACQUELINE HUDSON,
PAULA E. ROSDATTER,
MICHAEL WALLI,
STEVEN J. BAGGARLY, and
DENNIS DUVALL

3:10-CR-94
JUDGE GUYTON

GOVERNMENT’S MOTION TO PRECLUDE DEFENDANTS FROM INTRODUCING
EVIDENCE IN SUPPORT OF CERTAIN JUSTIFICATION DEFENSES


Comes now the United States of America, by and through its attorneys, Gregg
L. Sullivan, Acting United States Attorney, and Melissa M. Millican and Jeffrey E. Theodore,
Assistant United States Attorneys for the Eastern District of Tennessee, and states the
following:

1. That Defendants may attempt to present a necessity defense at trial.
2. That Defendants may attempt to present an international law defense or
“Nuremburg” defense at trial.
3. That Defendants may attempt to present evidence that their prosecution for
trespassing Department of energy property violates their First Amendment
rights.
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4. That Defendants may attempt to offer evidence regarding the morality or
immorality of nuclear weapons or nuclear power.
5. That Defendants may attempt to offer evidence to establish their good motive
in committing the offense charged.
6. That Defendants may attempt to offer evidence of their religious, moral, or
political beliefs regarding nuclear weapons or nuclear power.
7. That Defendants may attempt to offer evidence regarding the United States
Government’s policy regarding nuclear weapons.
8. That courts in various federal circuits have consistently rejected the
aforementioned issues as defenses in similar cases.
9. That evidence on the foregoing issues would not be relevant to the
trespassing charges against Defendants

WHEREFORE, the Government respectfully requests this Honorable Court to
preclude the defendants from presenting evidence at trial on the above issues.
Respectfully submitted, this the 3rd day of September, 2010.

Gregg Sullivan
Acting United States Attorney
By: s/Melissa M. Millican
MELISSA M. MILLICAN
Assistant United States Attorney
s/Jeffrey E. Theodore
JEFFREY E. THEODORE
Assistant United States Attorney
Case 3:10-cr-00094 Document 57 Filed 09/03/10