Legal Opinion
United States v. Nael Sammour
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided March 16, 2016No. 13-13962PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAM PRYOR, Circuit Judge:
This appeal requires us to review- the convictions and sentence of Nael Samm-our, who participated in a scheme to file fraudulent income tax returns with stolen identities. Sammour, an Arab Muslim, argues that he was denied a fair trial after a juror, at the start of deliberations, slipped a note to the clerk stating that she feared for her safety because “this reeks of al Qaeda.” The juror expressed this feat-even though Sammour was charged with identity theft; the case had nothing to do with terrorism or al Qaeda. Exercising its “broad discretion” in dealing…
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