The Oral Argument to to made before the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, tentatively scheduled for July 28, has been pushed back to October 13, 2014.
Dear Friend,
I have received an avalanche of prayers and well wishes for tomorrow's hearing! With this kind of support I can't see how we can lose! Thank you from the bottom of my heart!
But my oral arguments, previously scheduled to be presented on July 28th, have been pushed back to October of this year. So hold on to those prayers and well-wishes for a little while longer.
Let me take this opportunity to review the two reasons that the Court of Appeals is willing to hear my arguments. As you know, the Eleventh Court of Appeals, while regarding my case as extraordinary, upheld the verdict in my trial. However, they did order the upcoming hearing - now postponed at least 2 1/2 months - on two claims.
Claim #1
One claim challenges the harsh sentence - three times the sentencing guidelines mandate - that Fuller imposed in my case.
Claim #2
The other claim that the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals challenged was the astonishing conflict of interest of U.S. Attorney, Leura Canary, who brought the case against me. I am not referring to the "appearance" of a conflict of interest, but an actual financial and political conflict of interest.