UNITED STATES v. BYRD

No. 84-1241.

750 F.2d 585 (1984)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Cornell BYRD, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 10, 1984.

Rehearing Denied January 15, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James D. O'Connell, Asst. U.S. Atty., Dan K. Webb, U.S. Atty., Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellee.

Edward H. Salomon, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellant.

Before CUMMINGS, Chief Judge, and BAUER and POSNER, Circuit Judges.


BAUER, Circuit Judge.

Defendant Cornell Byrd was convicted by a jury of one count of conspiracy to commit arson and one count of arson, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 371 & 844(i). The defendant appeals from this judgment, arguing principally that certain communications between the defendant and his then estranged wife should have been excluded from introduction into evidence under the privilege for confidential marital communications. The defendant also...

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