A federal appeals court appeared divided as it heard arguments about whether to overturn the conviction of former Florida Rep. Corrine Brown, who contends that a juror was improperly removed from her 2017 trial because he said the “Holy Spirit” told him Brown was not guilty of fraud and tax charges.

The full 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is weighing whether U.S. District Judge Timothy Corrigan was justified in replacing the juror, known as Juror 13, with an alternate before Brown was convicted on 18 felony counts related to a charity scam.

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