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Summary: Case: 12-15144 Date Filed: 03/07/2014 Page: 1 of 3 [DO NOT PUBLISH] IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT _ No. 12-15144 _ D.C. Docket No. 1:11-cr-00234-CAP-AJB-1 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, versus SOLOMON MANASSEH MUSTAFA, a.k.a. G, a.k.a. J, a.k.a. Black, Defendant - Appellant. _ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia _ (March 7, 2014) Case: 12-15144 Date Filed: 03/07/2014 Page: 2 of 3 Before WILSON, Circ
Summary: Case: 12-15144 Date Filed: 03/07/2014 Page: 1 of 3 [DO NOT PUBLISH] IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT _ No. 12-15144 _ D.C. Docket No. 1:11-cr-00234-CAP-AJB-1 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, versus SOLOMON MANASSEH MUSTAFA, a.k.a. G, a.k.a. J, a.k.a. Black, Defendant - Appellant. _ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia _ (March 7, 2014) Case: 12-15144 Date Filed: 03/07/2014 Page: 2 of 3 Before WILSON, Circu..
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Case: 12-15144 Date Filed: 03/07/2014 Page: 1 of 3
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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
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No. 12-15144
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D.C. Docket No. 1:11-cr-00234-CAP-AJB-1
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
versus
SOLOMON MANASSEH MUSTAFA,
a.k.a. G,
a.k.a. J,
a.k.a. Black,
Defendant - Appellant.
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Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Northern District of Georgia
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(March 7, 2014)
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Before WILSON, Circuit Judge, MIDDLEBROOKS, * and ALBRITTON, **
District Judges.
PER CURIAM:
Solomon Manasseh Mustafa and his wife, Kalandra Wallace, were charged
in a 12-count indictment with criminal offenses arising from their participation in a
sex trafficking operation in the metropolitan Atlanta area. After a jury trial and the
dismissal of one count of the indictment, Mustafa was convicted of the remaining
counts and sentenced to life imprisonment. He appeals his conviction, raising the
following issues:
1. Whether the district court erred in denying his motion pursuant to Batson
v. Kentucky,
476 U.S. 79 (1986), alleging racial discrimination in the
selection of his jury.
2. Whether the district court erred in overruling his trial objections to
testimony by a victim, a victim’s father, and Clayton County Police
Officer Robert Boisis, in violation of the Confrontation Clause.
3. Whether the district court erred in overruling his objection to the
prosecution’s “Golden Rule” argument.
*
Honorable Donald M. Middlebrooks, United States District Judge for the Southern
District of Florida, sitting by designation.
**
Honorable William H. Albritton, United States District Judge for the Middle District of
Alabama, sitting by designation.
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4. Whether the cumulative effect of the district court’s errors deprived him
of his constitutional right to a fair trial.
After review and consideration of the briefs and the record, and having the
benefit of oral argument, we find no harmful error in the proceedings in the district
court. Therefore, the decision of the district court is
AFFIRMED.
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