U.S. v. BROWN

Nos. 12-10227, 12-10230.

771 F.3d 1149 (2014)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Robert Cephas BROWN, Jr., Defendant-Appellant. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Duane Allen Eddings, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed November 7, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Heather Williams , Federal Defender, David M. Porter (argued), Assistant Federal Defender, Rachelle Barbour , Research and Writing Attorney, Sacramento, CA, for Defendant-Appellant Robert Cephas Brown, Jr.

John Balazs (argued), Attorney at Law, Sacramento, CA, for Defendant-Appellant Duane Allen Eddings.

Benjamin B. Wagner , United States Attorney, Camil A. Skipper , Appellate Chief, Michael D. Anderson (argued) and Todd A. Pickles , Assistant United States Attorneys, Sacramento, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before: CARLOS T. BEA, SANDRA S. IKUTA, and ANDREW D. HURWITZ, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

HURWITZ, Circuit Judge:

Indicted for operating a Ponzi scheme, Robert Brown pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud. His partner in the scheme, Duane Eddings, proceeded to trial and was convicted of six counts of mail fraud, one count of wire fraud, three counts of money laundering, and three counts of tax evasion. Some of Eddings's convictions arose from the Ponzi scheme and others from a bankruptcy fraud. Brown appeals his sentence; Eddings appeals...

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