Prosecutors weigh whether to appeal Corrine Brown case to U.S. Supreme Court
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Judges hear former US Rep. Corrine Brown’s appeal over dismissed juror
Prosecutors on Tuesday asked the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for a 90-day stay of the issuance of what is known as a “mandate” that would carry out last week’s ruling.
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“For good cause, the United States requests this court to stay the issuance of the mandate for 90 days to allow the acting solicitor general time to determine whether the United States will seek review in the Supreme Court,” the request said.
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WWSB) - A divided federal appeals court Thursday overturned the conviction of former Florida Congresswoman Corrine Brown on fraud and tax charges, ruling that a juror was improperly removed from her trial because he said the âHoly Spiritâ told him Brown was not guilty.
The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, in a 7-4 decision, ordered a new trial for Brown, who was convicted in 2017 on 18 felony counts related to an alleged charity scam.
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ordered a new trial for former Florida Congresswoman Corrine Brown, vacating her convictions for fraud, ethics, and tax offenses. The court ruled the dismissal of a juror, who expressed after the start of deliberations that the Holy Spirit told him Brown was not guilty on all the charges, violated Brown’s Sixth Amendment right to a unanimous jury verdict.
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In Thursday’s majority opinion, appeals-court Chief Judge William Pryor wrote that the record of the case “establishes more than a substantial possibility that Juror No. 13 did not forsake his oath and instead was fulfilling his duty.
Corrine Brown was entitled to the unanimous verdict of a jury of ordinary citizens. The removal of Juror No. 13 – a juror who listened for God’s guidance as he sat in judgment of Brown and deliberated over the evidence against her – deprived her of one.”
Pryor wrote that the juror repeatedly assured Corrigan that he was following jury instructions and basing his decision on evidence presented during the trial.