A Kansas man is facing a possible 10-year prison sentence after being found guilty of threatening to kill Rep. Jake LaTurner (R-KS).
Chase Neill, 32, opted to represent himself in the trial. He argued that he was only relaying a message from God when he left a voicemail at LaTurner's office saying,"I will kill you," Fox News Digital reported.
The decision to allow the defendant to represent himself was controversial. Court records showed that he had sustained a traumatic head injury previously, and Judge Holly Teeter feared that it may affect his ability to represent himself properly. The height of the trial came Wednesday when Neill cross-examined LaTurner himself, the Associated Press reported.
“I thought the whole voicemail was unreasonable, especially the death threat parts,” LaTurner replied.
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