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Parties Involved:
Tommy Brown
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

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UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS 

FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT 

United States Court of Appeals 

Tenth Cirruit 

A R 2 1991 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

Plaintiff-Appellee, 

v. 

TOMMY BROWN, 

Defendant-Appellant. 

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ROBERT L. HOECKER 

Clerk 

No. 91-1032 

(D.C. No. 90-CR-36-4) 

(D. Colo.) 

ORDER AND JUDGMENT* 

Before McKAY, LOGAN, and MOORE, Circuit Judges. 

After examining the briefs and appellate record, this panel 

has determined unanimously that oral argument would not materially 

assist the determination of this appeal. See Fed. R. App. P . 

34(a); 10th Cir. R. 34.1.9. The case is therefore ordered 

submitted without oral argument. 

This is an appeal from an order of the district court denying 

defendant-appellant's motion for release pending appeal. 

Previously, in case No. 90-1256, the court partially remanded the 

underlying direct criminal appeal to the district court for the 

limited purpose of allowing defendant to lodge a proper motion for 

* This order and judgment has no precedential value and shall 

not be cited, or used by any court within the Tenth Circuit, 

except for purposes of establishing the doctrines of the law of 

the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. 10th Cir. R. 

36.3. 

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release pending appeal that conformed with 18 u.s.c. § 3143(b), 

Fed. R. App. P. 9(b) and 10th Cir. R. 9.5.6. 

On remand, defendant asserted six issues which he claimed 

were substantial issues of law or fact within the meaning of 18 

u.s.c. § 3143(b)(2). The issues were extensively briefed. The 

district court carefully reviewed each issue and again denied 

release pending appeal. 

Under section 3143(b)(2), a judicial officer must order a 

convicted defendant detained unless the judicial officer finds, by 

a preponderance of the evidence, that the appeal is not for 

purposes of delay and raises a substantial question of law or fact 

likely to result in reversal, an order for new trial, a sentence 

that does not include a term of imprisonment, or a reduced 

sentence to a term of imprisonment less than the total of time 

already served plus the expected duration of the appeal process. 

United States v. Affleck, 765 F.2d 944, 953, n.15 (10th Cir. 

1985). The burden is on the defendant to show that all criteria 

are met. 

We have carefully reviewed the briefs of the parties and 

conclude that defendant failed to show that he has satisfied the 

criteria required for release stated in section 3143(b)(2). 

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Accordingly, the order of the United States District Court for the 

District of Colorado is AFFIRMED. 

The mandate shall issue forthwith. 

ENTERED FOR THE COURT 

PER CURIAM 

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