United States v. Lafrances O'Neal

WILKINS, Circuit Judge:

Appellant LaFrances Dudley O’Neal challenges her conviction for conspiracy and bank fraud stemming from a scheme to obtain mortgage loans using straw purchasers, false loan applications, and forged appraisals. 1 Following O’Neal’s conviction, the District Court imposed a sentence of forty-eight months’ imprisonment plus supervised release and restitution. The challenge to O’Neal’s conviction turns on two evidentiary decisions made by the District Court. O’Neal represented herself at sentencing, and we must further determine whether her waiver of the right to counsel at…