United States v. Danielle Lenise Brown

HULL, Circuit Judge:

Defendant-Appellant Danielle Brown pled guilty to knowingly receiving 481 counterfeit United States Postal Money Orders from a foreign country with the intent to pass and publish these same counterfeit money orders as true, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 473. As part of her plea deal, Brown expressly agreed to waive any appeal to her conviction or sentence. Nonetheless, Brown now appeals her conviction and sentence, contending— for the first time — that her indictment was defective because it did not expressly allege the mens rea element of the § 473 offense. Brown argues…