Man allowed to use U.S. name at trial

Detroit Free Press ^ | October 5, 2002

[sarcasm]

A federal judge in Detroit on Friday granted a request by a Dearborn man, charged with smuggling counterfeit checks, that prosecutors use his American name.

Omar Shishani, 48, was born Omar Abdel-Fatah Al-Shishani but shortened that when he became a U.S. citizen in 1989.

[Grut]

...to stop prosecutors from using the longer name, saying it might prejudice a jury

Probably true; in America, the only people with more than a first and last name are murdered politicians and their assassins. If he's alive and has more than two names there's an inherent presumption of guilt.

[billorites]

"If he's alive and has more than two names there's an inherent presumption of guilt. "

Omar Earle Shishani
Omar David Shishani
Omar Harvey Shishani

[cricket]

". . . Shishani had asked U.S. District Judge Nancy Edmunds to stop prosecutors from using the longer name, saying it might prejudice a jury. "

Okay, but can the jury at least know what his name was

. . .it does not say here, where he was going. . .or coming from. . .perhaps that is prejudicial as well.

[Alas Babylon!]

I thought the middle name had to be "Wayne"?

[William McKinley]

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