Long v. United States

Blackburne-Rigsby, Chief Judge:

This ease stems from the government’s prosecution of appellant Mark Long for his alleged role in a conspiracy to hide excessive campaign contributions to a mayoral campaign during the 2010 District of Columbia mayoral election. Appellant pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to defraud the District of Columbia and the District of Columbia’s Office of Campaign Finance (“OCF”), in violation of D.C. Code § 22-1805a(a)(l) (2013 Supp.). On appeal, appellant argues that the trial court abused its discretion in denying his pre-sentence motion to withdraw his guilty…