Appellate specialist files notice of appearance in Corrine Brown trial

Thursday June 8 is the motion deadline for Corrine Brown, should she petition for a new trial as expected.

Perhaps tipping her hand, Samuel Walker, a co-counsel for Brown’s primary attorney, James Smith, filed a notice of appearance Thursday

Walker, a Howard Law School alumnus, specializes in appellate law, with federal and state public defense experience over his 19 year career, including a stint as “the Deputy Solicitor General, responsible for civil and criminal appeals before the Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands, the United States Court of Appeals for the 3^rd Circuit, and the Supreme Court of the United States.”

Brown was found guilty on 18 total counts in May counts related to conspiracy to defraud via what prosecutors call a fake charity: “One Door for Education.”

Those charges include conspiracy to commit and aiding and abetting wire and mail fraud, and multiple counts of fraudulent filing of federal tax returns. These verdicts set her up potentially for a prison sentence of over 300 years, and fines and restitution in the millions of dollars.

Brown and her attorney have questioned aspects of the case, including the removal of a juror perceived to be open to exonerating her on all counts. Expect this and more in a new trial motion … should it manifest