United States v. Earline Brown

ROSENN, Senior Circuit Judge.

Earline Brown, a former employee of the United States Postal Service, was convicted following a bench trial in the United States District Court on one count of an indictment alleging that she converted to her own use and failed to account for and turn over postal funds, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1711. 1 The trial court imposed on the defendant a fine of $394.18, the amount of the peculation, and sentenced her to a three year probationary period conditioned on participation in a work-release program for six months. She appeals her conviction on the ground that…