UNITED STATES v. PODOLSKY

No. 85-3239.

798 F.2d 177 (1986)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Donald PODOLSKY, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 31, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brent D. Stratton, Patrick A. Tuite, Ltd., Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellant.

Suzanne B. Conlon, Asst. U.S. Atty., Anton R. Valukas, U.S. Atty., Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before POSNER and EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judges, and CAMPBELL, Senior District Judge.


POSNER, Circuit Judge.

Podolsky, a Chicago fireman, was convicted after a bench trial of one count of violating 18 U.S.C. § 844(i), which makes it a federal felony to attempt to damage or destroy, by means of fire, any building used in interstate commerce, and one count of conspiring (in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371, the federal conspiracy statute) to violate section 844(i). He was sentenced to four years in prison on the conspiracy count and to five years...

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