New Orleans Man Sentenced for Misprision of a Felony

Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that MICHAEL TATE, age 30, of New Orleans, was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to misprision of a felony.

According to court documents, MICHAEL TATE knew that his brothers, TERRELL and GEREME TATE, had committed the crimes of being felons in possession of a firearm, and MICHAEL TATE did not disclose that fact to law enforcement.

TERRELL AND GEREME TATE, who previously pled guilty to being felons in possession of a firearm, were sentenced to 60 months and 24 months respectively.

Today, U.S. District Judge Nannette Jolivette Brown sentenced MICHAEL TATE to 20 months incarceration to be followed by 1 year of supervised release.

Acting U.S. Attorney Evans praised the work of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives in investigating this matter. Assistant United States Attorney Jonathan L. Shih and Trial Attorney Joseph K. Wheatley, of the Department of Justice, Organized Crime and Gang Section, are in charge of the prosecution.