Legal Opinion
United States v. Tomasino
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 16, 2018No. 17-1331PPublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Circuit Judge.
After a six-day trial, a federal jury convicted co-defendants Doris Morel and Erika Tomasino of conspiracy and multiple fraud-related counts based on their participation in a multi-year tax-return fraud scheme. Each was sentenced to three years in prison. On appeal, Morel challenges her conviction with only a Batson jury claim. Tomasino adopts Morel's Batson claim and raises four claims of her own, described later. We affirm both defendants' convictions.
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On September 17, 2015 a grand jury indicted Juan Vasquez, Belkis Vasquez, Doris Morel, and Erika Tomasino for…
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