U.S. v. ASKIA

No. 17-1515.

893 F.3d 1110 (2018)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Kwame Ali ASKIA, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: June 29, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark W. Webb , Assistant U.S. Attorney, Brice R. White , U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Arkansas, Fort Smith, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Kwame Ali Askia, Pro Se, Atlanta, Robert S. Irving , The R.S. Irving Law Firm, Granby, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before GRUENDER, MELLOY, and GRASZ, Circuit Judges.


Kwame Ali Askia managed an organization that received federal grant funds to subsidize an after-school program for children. After misappropriating over $5,000 of those funds for personal expenditures, Askia was charged on March 6, 2013, with theft concerning programs receiving federal funds, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §...

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