United States v. Adams

MEMORANDUM OPINION

JAMES E. BOASBERG, United States District Judge

Defendant Ishmael Heru-Bey, formerly Jamal Adams, was convicted by a jury in October 2015 of corruptly endeavoring to obstruct and impede the internal-revenue laws. This Court sentenced him in April 2016 to eleven months’ incarceration, followed by twelve months of supervised release, and ordered him to pay restitution of $45,712. He now moves for release pending his appeal of this conviction on the ground that such appeal raises at least one substantial question of law or fact likely to result in an appellate decision in his…