United States v. Carmichael

OPINION

MYRON H. THOMPSON, District Judge.

This case, in which defendant Leon Carmichael, Sr. was convicted of conspiring to distribute marijuana and conspiring to commit money laundering, is before the court on Carmichael’s motions to stop the sale of certain forfeited property pending resolution of an expected appeal. 1 Based on the argument of counsel and the evidence, including that presented at a hearing on June 12, 2006, the motions will be denied.

I. BACKGROUND

On June 20, 2005, after his conviction and in order to avoid a supplemental trial on the forfeiture allegations in the indictment…