Date: 03-12-2015

Case Style: United States of America v. Michael O. Brown

Case Number: 4:13-cr-00011-HSM-SKL

Judge: Harry S. Mattice, Jr.

Court: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee

Plaintiff's Attorney: Terra L. Bay

Defendant's Attorney: Paul Bergmann, III for Willie Cortez Hockett

William B. Carter, Jr. for Tony T. Brown

James W. Clements, III for Ophelia Harper

Leslie A. Cory for Dominique Brooks

Joseph G. DeGaetano for Jeffery Dewayne Mires

Nathan Diamond-Falk for Terrance Nance

Charles P. Dupree for Regis D. Bell

Richard A. Heinsman, Jr. for Deonzsanique Bryson

Brandon D. Raulston for Tanica Berry

Daniel J. Ripper for Calvin Fontaine Hadley

H. Graham Swafford, Jr. for Jermaine Hicks

Clayton M. Whittaker for Michael O. Brown

Wilson C. Von Kessler, II for Doris Stewart

Description: CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - Following a four day trial in U.S. District Court, Chattanooga, Tenn., a jury convicted Michael O. Brown, of Fayetteville, Tenn., of conspiracy to distribute and distribution of cocaine and cocaine base (crack).

Sentencing is set for 9:00 a.m., Jun. 15, 2015, in U.S. District Court in Chattanooga. Brown faces a sentence of life in prison for the conspiracy charge and up to 30 years in prison for the distribution charge.

Evidence presented at trial showed that a group of 15 men and women conspired to distribute and possess with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine and 280 grams or more of cocaine base (crack). The jury saw a video of Brown selling crack cocaine to a confidential source and heard recorded telephone calls in which Brown is heard ordering cocaine from a codefendant. All of the 14 other individuals charged in the case pleaded guilty and have been sentenced. Brown was the only one to go to trial.

Law enforcement agencies participating in the joint investigation which led to indictment and subsequent conviction of Brown and his codefendants included the Drug Enforcement Administration, Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, Franklin County Sheriff’s Office, Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office and Winchester Police Department.

Outcome: See Above

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