United States v. Poellnitz

Shawn Poellnitz was indicted in the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania on five counts of wire fraud. Shortly after his indictment, he expressed his desire to plead guilty and consented to the transfer of his case to the District of Massachusetts (where he was then serving a sentence for a prior federal offense) 1 for his guilty plea and sentencing, as permitted by Rule 20(a) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure. Once the case was transferred to Massachusetts, he pled guilty and was sentenced to 18 months’ imprisonment, the bottom of the applicable…