United States v. Brantley, No. 13-12776 (11th Cir. 2015)
Annotate this CaseDefendant was convicted of misprision of a felony, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 4, as a result of her actions during and following a traffic stop. The jury found that defendant knew about a federal felony (her convicted-felon boyfriend’s possession of the firearm which he used to shoot the officers that made the stop), did not report that crime to the authorities, and, in the aftermath of the murders, took affirmative steps to conceal her boyfriend’s felony from the authorities. The court concluded that defendant did not establish that her prosecution was improperly selective where she has not shown that she is similarly situated to her purported comparator and she has not shown that the decision to prosecute her was based upon any constitutionally impermissible standard. The court also concluded that defendant's prosecution did not violate her Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination, and there was sufficient evidence to support the jury's verdict. Accordingly, the court affirmed the conviction.
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