United States v. Mullet, No. 15-3212 (6th Cir. 2016)
Annotate this CaseSixteen members of the Bergholz, Ohio, Amish community were convicted of hate crimes and obstruction-of-justice, stemming from a spate of hair-cutting and beard-shearing attacks that followed “shunnings” and a split in their community. In 2014, the Sixth Circuit reversed the hate crime convictions because the relevant jury instruction was inconsistent with an intervening Supreme Court decision. On remand, the government declined to re-try those charges, and the district court resentenced the defendants on the remaining convictions. The Sixth Circuit affirmed, noting that, in their second appeal, the defendants raised challenges that could have been, but were not, raised in the first appeal. The court also upheld the sentences: time served for eight defendants and terms of 43-129 months for the others.
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