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U.S. v. SONGER

No. 87-1344.

842 F.2d 240 (1988)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Stephen Jay SONGER, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

March 21, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clark O. Brewster (David A. Mullon Jr. with him on the brief), Tulsa, Okl., for defendant-appellant.

Keith Ward, Asst. U.S. Atty. (Tony M. Graham, U.S. Atty., with him on the brief), Tulsa, Okl., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before McKAY and MOORE, Circuit Judges, and BURCIAGA, District Judge.

McKAY, Circuit Judge.

Legal counsel for a fugitive criminal defendant appeals from a sentence of property forfeiture imposed upon his client following a trial in absentia. Stephen Jay Songer was indicted under 21 U.S.C. § 848 (1982 & Supp. II 1984) for participating in a continuing criminal enterprise of marijuana and cocaine smuggling. Rather than submit to detention following his indictment, Mr. Songer elected to pay a cash bond imposed by the district...

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