Holy Spirit

A federal appeals court 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.

ATLANTA — A federal appeals court ordered a new trial for former Florida Congresswoman Corrine Brown, vacating her convictions for fraud, ethics and tax offenses. The 11th Circuit ruled that Brown’s Sixth Amendment right to a unanimous jury verdict were violated by 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.

Categories / Appeals, Civil Rights, Criminal

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