United States v. Mitchell Brown

After the collapse of State Federal Savings & Loan Association (State Federal), a savings and loan association of Corvallis, Oregon, an indictment was filed against Brian J. Olsvik, Thomas E. Nevis, Mitchell Brown, and others. They were charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States, the Federal Home Loan Bank Board (FHLB), and the Federal Savings & Loan Insurance Corporation (FSLIC), and with the commission of multiple substantive offenses arising out of that conspiracy.

Their illegal acts were alleged to have consisted of the use of false entries in the books of State Federal, and other actions, all of which were designed to allow Nevis to obtain loans from State Federal which far exceeded the lending limits imposed upon that institution.

Brown was found guilty of the conspiracy and of various of the substantive charges, and he appeals his conviction. He objects to the fact that lending limit regulations were discussed at his trial, asserts that evidence of a later loan on his behalf, which was made to Nevis from another financial organization, should not have been admitted, and further claims that the evidence was insufficient to convict him. We affirm, except as to his…