Can January 6 Defendant Paul Hodgkins Do Better Than an 8 Month Sentence If He Wins On Appeal?

I suspect the effort here is not about regaining the opportunity to defend himself before a DC Jury -- so what is the purpose?

Yesterday I wrote about the decision by Judge Randolph Moss granting January 6th defendant Paul Hodgkins motion for an extension of time to file a Notice of Appeal. A “Notice of Appeal” is just that — a notice. It is not the appeal itself.

But in the papers filed in support of the motion, Hodgkins’s new attorney told the court that Hodgkins is likely t…