United States v. Brown, No. 10-1081 (1st Cir. 2012)
Annotate this CaseDefendants were convicted of failure to pay federal income tax. Neither attended sentencing. They did not respond to demands to surrender and remained holed up in their secluded home for about nine months. Marshals had information that defendants were armed and making threats, but eventually arrested the couple and found explosives, firearms, and ammunition, including rifles, armor piercing bullets, pipe bombs, and bombs nailed to trees. Convicted of conspiring to prevent federal officers from discharging their duties, 18 U.S.C. 372; conspiring to assault, resist or impede federal officers, 18 U.S.C. 111(a) and (b) and 371; using or carrying a firearm or destructive device during and in relation to a crime of violence; possessing a firearm or destructive device in furtherance of a crime of violence, 18 U.S.C. 924(c)(1)(A) and (B); being a felon in possession of a firearm, 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(1); obstruction of justice, 18 U.S.C. 1503; and failing to appear at sentencing, 18 U.S.C. 3146. They were sentenced to 35 and 37 years. The First Circuit affirmed, rejecting arguments relating to competency, defendants' beliefs that they were not obligated to pay taxes, evidentiary rulings, and jury instructions.
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