A federal judge Wednesday set May 17 as the date for the sentencing of David DePape, who was convicted on two charges related to his 2022 hammer attack on Paul Pelosi, House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi’s husband, in their San Francisco home.
DePape’s early morning break-in at the Pelosi home resulted in federal as well as state charges.
In the federal proceedings, DePape was charged with attempted kidnapping of a federal official as well as assault on a member of her family. In state court he was charged with attempted murder as well as a raft of other felonies, including residential burglary, elder abuse, and assault with a deadly weapon.
The federal charges went to trial first and resulted in DePape’s conviction on both counts on Nov. 16, 2023 .
In seeking a delay of DePape’s sentencing on the federal charges, lawyers for DePape told U.S. District Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley that trial on the state court charges is scheduled to begin May 7 and is expected to run through the end of June. They asked the court to delay sentencing in the federal case until after the state trial is concluded.