ATLANTA (CN) — An 11th Circuit panel on Wednesday appeared likely to order a new federal trial for two Georgia defendants convicted in a billion-dollar tax deduction scheme after hearing arguments that a juror likely to acquit them was removed during deliberations for injecting race into the proceedings.
Attorneys for accountant Jack Fisher and his codefendant James Sinnott, a former securities attorney, asked the Atlanta-based appellate panel to overturn their convictions for conspiracy, wire fraud and filing false tax returns. Fisher was also convicted of money laundering.
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