Oak Ridge 'sovereign citizen' could get new trial but still likely to die in prison

A state appeals court shaved eight convictions off the record of the Oak Ridge "sovereign citizen" who backed into a crowd and killed a man at the city fireworks show three years ago.

He's still likely to die in prison, even if prosecutors don't try him again.

An Anderson County found Lee Harold Cromwell, 68, guilty last year of vehicular homicide and eight counts of aggravated vehicular assault in a backward driving rampage through a crowded lot at A.K. Bissell Park the night of July 4, 2015. Cromwell's Dodge Ram pickup struck several people and vehicles, killing James Robinson, 37, of Knoxville, as Robinson pushed his two daughters out of the way.

Records show Cromwell had a history of bizarre court filings that denied the legitimacy of the government, including Tennessee's driver license laws. The verdict earned him a total of 12 years in prison — five years for Robinson's death and seven more for the others in the crowd injured that night.

Read more: https://www.knoxnews.com/story/news/crime/2018/07/06/sovereign-citizen-cromwell-could-get-new-trial-but-stays-prison/763682002/