Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, December 1, 1994 TAG: 9412010111
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C-4 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: MICHAEL STOWE
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
"Can I ask a question?" he said.
"No, you may not," U.S. Magistrate Glen Conrad snapped. "This is not your hearing; you have no role to play."
The man stammered something about a motion he had pending in front of the court.
"You may sit down," Conrad said emphatically.
William Darrell Stump II, a co-defendant of Mullins', insists that he will defend himself at a federal trial in February. He faces charges of possessing illegal silencers and conspiring to violate federal firearms laws.
The Pulaski man said he was in court Wednesday to file a motion asking Conrad to set bond for Mullins.
At his trial, Stump plans to argue that the charges against him are unconstitutional. An excerpt from a letter Stump sent the Roanoke Times & World-News in October reveals a belief that most federal agencies are unconstitutional and were founded to eliminate government dissenters.
"That is why they have established their illegal courts; illegal grand juries; illegal armies ... all of which have usurped the role of the legal courts and treasurers of the states ... and utterly destroyed the universal militia legally established by the Second Amendment," he wrote.
He maintains that Don Wolthuis, the assistant U.S. attorney who will prosecute him, and Conrad also are appointed illegally.
Stump said Wednesday that he will change the face of government if he persuades a jury to acquit him.
"If I win this case then the [Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms] is going to have to pack up and stop murdering little children," he said, referring to the ATF's raid of David Koresh's cult compound in Waco, Texas.
by CNB