Today's verdict is the second one-year sentence Hazem Salah Abu-Ismail has received on similar charges. Judge Mohammed Sherine Fahmy gave him one in January for contempt of the court.
Abu-Ismail, a former presidential hopeful, is being tried for allegedly concealing the fact his mother was a US citizen in order to qualify for the 2012 presidential election. The law bars anyone whose parents hold any other nationality from running.
Today, Abu-Ismail mocked the trial, saying his court-appointed lawyer was biased. Fahmy expelled him from court before the ruling. A verdict on the original charge will be announced April 16.