United States v. Walter Howard Brown

WILLIAM J. CAMPBELL, Senior District Judge.

On February 16, 1983 defendant Walter Howard Brown was convicted after a jury trial of a single count of mail fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1341. At that time sentencing was set for March 31, 1983 and a pre-sentence investigation ordered. Defendant failed to appear for his sentencing. On August 6, 1983, approximately six months after his mail fraud conviction, defendant was arrested in Houston, Texas and returned to the Eastern District of Wisconsin. Consequently, a few weeks later, on August 23 defendant was indicted pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3146…