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UNITED STATES v. SCOTT

No. 85-4776.

795 F.2d 1245 (1986)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Melvin C. SCOTT and Charles F. Everett, Jr., Defendant-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 7, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Campbell, Campbell & Johnson, James M. Johnson, Minden, La., for Everett.

Jack H. Kaplan, Shreveport, La., for Melvin Scott.

Joseph S. Cage, Jr., U.S. Atty., Dosite H. Perkins, Jr., Asst. U.S. Atty., Shreveport, La., for U.S.

Before GEE, HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judges, and HARVEY, District Judge.

JAMES HARVEY, District Judge:

Charles Everett and Melvin Scott appeal their convictions for arson and for conspiring to manufacture and possess destructive devices in order to destroy two buildings owned by Everett for the purpose of fraudulently obtaining insurance payments.

Appellant Charles Everett owned two adjacent buildings in Shreveport, Louisiana; one housed the Charles Everett Beauty Shop, the other the El Toro restaurant. On April 4, 1983, Mr. Everett...

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