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UNITED STATES v. LANIER

Nos. 16-6655/6657.

988 F.3d 284 (2021)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ricky Anthony LANIER (16-6655); Katrina Reshina Lanier (16-6657) Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: February 11, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: J. Alex Little , BURR & FORMAN LLP, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellants. Brian Samuelson , UNITED STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, Knoxville, Tennessee, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: J. Alex Little , BURR & FORMAN LLP, Nashville, Tennessee, John-David H. Thomas , WALLER, LANSDEN, DORTH & DAVIS, LLP, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellants. Brian Samuelson , UNITED STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, Knoxville, Tennessee, for Appellee.

Before: MOORE, STRANCH, and DONALD, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

This case arises from a phone-a-friend gone awry. In 2015, Ricky and Katrina Lanier were prosecuted for allegedly committing fraud against the federal government. As the jury deliberated the Laniers' fate, Juror 11 called her friend, a state prosecutor who was not involved with the federal government...

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