The sentencing of Richard "Bigo" Barnett of Gravette has been postponed from May 3 to May 24.
U.S. District Judge Christopher R. Cooper filed an order this morning granting a motion from the defense to postpone Barnett's sentencing hearing. Federal prosecutors opposed the request.
After a two-week trial in January, a jury in Washington, D.C., found Barnett guilty of eight charges in connection with the U.S. Capitol riot of Jan. 6, 2021.
Barnett faced enhanced charges for carrying a stun gun into the Capitol, where he posed for photos with his foot on a desk in then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office suite.
Barnett faces a maximum penalty of 47 years in prison.
Sentencing memoranda in the case are now due May 17.