Overview
- Routh filed a notice with the Eleventh Circuit seeking to overturn his conviction and life-plus-seven-year sentence.
- The jury convicted him on five federal counts, including the attempted assassination of a major presidential candidate.
- Trial evidence included Secret Service testimony, a handwritten note expressing intent, and FBI DNA matches on an AK-style rifle and related items.
- His current attorney argues the jury was misled because his self-representation limited confrontation of witnesses and the use of impeachment evidence.
- U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon imposed a life term after finding the conduct met the federal terrorism statute, and Routh remains in federal custody pending the appeal.