LAS VEGAS (AP) — Restrictions placed by a federal judge on what defendants can say about being at Cliven Bundy's ranch in April 2014 are leading to tense moments in a Las Vegas courtroom.
Chief U.S. District Judge Gloria Navarro refused Monday to order a mistrial sought by the defense attorney for Eric Parker.
Parker is one of four men accused of wielding assault-style weapons to stop federal agents from rounding up cattle belonging to the anti-government figure.
He's the defendant who Navarro ordered off the witness stand last week, before telling the jury to disregard his testimony.
Outside the presence of the jury on Monday, Navarro said she thought Parker was mocking court rulings she handed down previously that limit the scope of defense presentations to what the men saw and did, not what they felt or why they acted.