United States v. Burnett

MEMORANDUM OPINION

EDWARD WEINFELD, District Judge.

This is a motion by two surety companies pursuant to Rule 46(e)(2) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure to set aside the forfeiture of bonds posted by them to secure the appearance of the defendant, Michael Burnett, who, together with a co-defendant, was charged with a scheme and artifice to defraud by means of mail and wire communications. Burnett, who had a substantial prior criminal record, including a bail-jumping conviction, originally was held in $500,000 bail fixed by a Magistrate of this Court. Thereafter, following the…