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Full appeals court to take up ex-Congresswoman Corrine Brown's fraud case
https://www.news-journalonline.com/story/news/politics/state/2020/09/24/full-appeals-court-take-up-ex-congresswoman-corrine-browns-case/3517954001/Full appeals court to take up ex-Congresswoman Corrine Brown's fraud case
Jim Saunders
The News Service of Florida
TALLAHASSEE --- In a partial victory for former U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown, a full federal appeals court agreed Thursday to take up her challenge to a conviction on fraud and tax charges in a charity scam.
The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals vacated a January decision by a three-judge panel that upheld the Jacksonville Democrat’s conviction and agreed to rehear the case as a full court, a move known as holding an “en banc” hearing.
The Atlanta-based appeals court did not explain its reasons Thursday, but the three-judge panel was sharply divided in January on whether the conviction should be withheld. Chief Judge William Pryor wrote a scathing dissent to the 2-1 decision, and Brown’s attorneys subsequently asked the full court to take up the case.