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UNITED STATES v. DUNN

No. 85-5572.

805 F.2d 1275 (1986)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Walter Carson DUNN, Jr., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided November 24, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kemper B. Durand (argued) (court-appointed), Thomason, Hendrix, Harvey, Johnson, Mitchell, Blanchard, Adams, Memphis, Tenn., for defendant-appellant.

W. Hickman Ewing, Jr., U.S. Atty., Memphis, Tenn., Dan L. Newsom (argued), for plaintiff-appellee.

Before ENGEL, KENNEDY and RYAN, Circuit Judges.

RYAN, Circuit Judge.

Walter Dunn appeals his jury conviction of three counts of mail fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1341-1342. Six poultry buildings on Dunn's farm were destroyed by a fire which was intentionally ignited. The government's theory was that Dunn set the fire and committed the mail fraud offenses when he mailed insurance claims for the losses to three insurers.

On appeal, Dunn cites three...

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