Corrine Brown, ex-congresswoman, found guilty of taking money from fake charity – CBS Newsby wpjljron
Friday, May 12th, 2017.Corrine Brown, ex-congresswoman, found guilty of taking money from fake charity – CBS NewsJACKSONVILLE, Fla. After a historic, nearly 25-year career representing Florida in Congress, former U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown was found guilty on Thursday of taking money from a charity that was purported to be giving scholarships to poor students. The verdict came after prosecutors outlined a pattern of fraud by Brown, 70, and her top aide […]
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. After a historic, nearly 25-year career representing Florida in Congress, former U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown was found guilty on Thursday of taking money from a charity that was purported to be giving scholarships to poor students.
Former U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown’s fraud convictions were overturned Thursday evening by a federal appeals court that ordered a new trial, citing judicial error.
The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said a judge’s decision during the 2017 trial to remove a juror who said “the Holy Spirit” had told him Brown was innocent invalidated the trial’s result.
“Because the record establishes a substantial possibility that the juror was rendering proper jury service, the district judge abused his discretion by dismissing the juror,” said a ruling delivered by Chief Judge William Pryor. “The removal violated Brown’s right under the Sixth Amendment to a unanimous jury verdict.”