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UNITED STATES v. PATTERSON

No. 85-2535.

792 F.2d 531 (1986)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Dohn Ardell PATTERSON, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 24, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carl Robin Teague, San Antonio, Tex., for defendant-appellant.

Michael R. Hardy, Wayne F. Speck, Asst. U.S. Attys., San Antonio, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before WISDOM, RUBIN, and HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judges.

ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:

The issue presented is whether the federal arson statute1 applies to the intentional destruction of three partially completed buildings that were to contain twelve units and were part of a 78-unit, eleven-building residential condominium project being built for sale. Guided by the Supreme Court decision in United States v. Russell,2 and the Ninth Circuit opinion in United...

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