United States v. Otis Brown

Defendant-Appellant Otis Brown appeals from the revocation of a probationary sentence imposed when he pleaded guilty to a one count information charging him with possession of a United States Treasury check stolen from the mail. He alleges that the district court abused its discretion in its finding that he had violated the conditions of his probation and that the conduct of the hearing was prejudicial and fundamentally unfair to him. Because we find no merit in either of Brown’s asserted grounds, we affirm the district court’s revocation of probation.

I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND

On August 11, 1978,…