Legal Opinion
United States v. Seifullah Muhammad
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 21, 1997No. 19-1030PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KANNE, Circuit Judge.
Seifullah Muhammad was called upon to serve a vital civic duty — he was chosen to be a juror in a civil trial in federal district court. Muhammad abused this position, however, by soliciting a bribe from the defendant in that trial in return for his promise to sway the jury in the defendant’s favor. The defendant reported Muhammad’s scheme to the district judge, and the FBI subsequently thwarted Muhammad’s plan. The Government later indicted Muhammad for bribery and obstruction of justice, a jury convicted him of the crimes, and a district judge sentenced him to sixty…
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