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1 9 - 0 9 - 2 0 0 5 Man who shot wife gets nearly 6 years
Charles Nelson Brown, 63, who blamed steroid use, pleads for leniency and a "sensible sentence"
Thursday, September 08, 2005 HILLSBORO -- A 63-year-old Beaverton man who said long-term steroid use led him to shoot his wife pleaded for leniency Wednesday. "The chances of living out the prison term I'm being given are zero," said Charles Nelson Brown, who once boasted he had trained with Arnold Schwarzenegger. Washington County Presiding Judge Marco A. Hernandez, without comment, then sentenced Brown to the mandatory term of five years, 10 months. Brown last month pleaded no contest to second-degree assault and tampering with a witness, for trying to get his wife not to testify. As part of the deal, Senior Deputy District Attorney Jim Fun dropped charges of attempted murder, unlawful use of a weapon and four other counts of tampering. Attempted murder carries a mandatory 71/2 years. Myra Brown survived the June 11, 2004, shooting, although police said the .38-caliber bullet missed her heart by only about two inches. She died this year from complications of renal failure unrelated to the shooting. Throughout the prolonged case, Brown fired one attorney, tried to represent himself until another was appointed and loudly claimed he was falsely imprisoned. He said he had worked out with Schwarzenegger, California's current governor and a former actor and Mr. Universe, and wanted to use a "roid rage" defense. Circuit Judge Timothy P. Alexander disallowed the defense, saying it was not recognized. Some authorities say steroid use may cause erratic mood swings, irrational behavior, increased aggressiveness, irritability and depression. Fun said Brown, who had worked as a microchip designer at Intel, was angry that he was unemployed and that his wife had a good job as a technical writer for U.S. Bank. The argument came to a head, Fun said, when Myra Brown wanted to take a trip to Arizona to see her mother. Fun said Brown feared she would get together with her ex-husband there. While she was eating salmon and watching former President Reagan's funeral on their bedroom television, Charles Brown shot her in the shoulder, Fun said. Myra Brown called 9-1-1. Charles Brown threatened to kill police, delaying help for his wife until he could be disarmed by members of the county's special weapons team, who found a gun and box of bullets in his pocket. Charles Brown disputed the prosecutor's account. On Wednesday asked Hernandez to give him a "sensible sentence" based on his age, the loss of his wife, his bad heart and knees, and his lack of prior criminal record. |
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[Definitie:] "An ergogenic aid is any substance or phenomenon that enhances performance."
(Wilmore and Costill) 
