Mark McCloskey Won’t Have Guns or Money Returned, Despite Pardon, Missouri Judge Rules
St. Louis lawyer Mark McCloskey will not have his guns or the fines he paid returned to him even though he received a governor’s pardon in 2021, a Missouri Judge has ruled.
McCloskey and Patricia McCloskey are both personal injury attorneys. pleaded guilty In June 2021, to misdemeanor accusations for assault and harassment, respectively, based on an incident in 2020 wielded guns as self-defense Their property was being inspected while Black Lives Matter protesters were walking through their private gated neighborhood.
They were required to pay maximum fines totaling $2,750. As part of the plea agreement, the two also surrendered the guns they wielded—a Colt AR-15 rifle and a Bryco pistol.
Missouri Gov. Mike Parson, on July 30, 2021, was convicted. Mike Parson, July 30, 2021 pardoned the couple and shortly following the move, McCloskey filed a lawsuit St. Louis City Circuit Court to request the return of the guns and payment of the fines to his wife and to secure the firearms.
Circuit Judge Joan Moriarty rejected the request on Dec. 28, saying that the governor’s pardon doesn’t have any impact on the plea agreement the couple had agreed to.
“Plaintiff and his wife are required to follow through with their end of the bargain,” She reported, wrote St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
“While the governor’s pardon does clear plaintiff’s record of the conviction,” She added: “his guilt remains and the terms of an agreement that predicated said guilt also remains.”
McCloskey indicated that he will appeal, the outlet reported.
Law licenses suspended
In February 2022, the Missouri Supreme Court indefinitely suspended the McCloskeys’ law licenses. The court also suspended the suspension and placed the McCloskeys on probation for one year. This means that they can still practice law but they will lose their probation if they fail to follow the guidelines. “Rules of Professional Conduct.”
Alan Pratzel, the court’s chief disciplinary officer, previously filed a motion in court to have both Mark and Patricia’s licenses suspended, KCUR-FM It was reported at the time. He said that while the governor’s pardons erased the McCloskeys’ convictions, in such cases, “the person’s guilt remains.”
McCloskey, in August 2022, lost to Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt in the Republican primary after having filed papers in May 2021 to run for Missouri’s open U.S. Senate seat.
Mimi Nguyen Ly works as a senior reporter with the Epoch Times. She is a senior reporter for the Epoch Times and covers U.S. news as well as world news. Contact her at [email protected]
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