U.S. v. STACKPOLE

Nos. 85-1054, 85-1273.

811 F.2d 689 (1987)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Donald Francis STACKPOLE, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Ray J. NORTON, Jr., Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided February 12, 1987.

As Amended February 13, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan M. Marshall, by appointment of the Court, with whom Marshall, Rosen & Marshall, Boston, Mass., was on brief, for Donald Stackpole.

Harry C. Mezer, P.C., Boston, Mass., by appointment of the Court, for Ray J. Norton, Jr.

Ralph D. Gants and Gary S. Katzmann, Asst. U.S. Attys., with whom Robert S. Mueller, III, U.S. Atty., and Mark E. Robinson, Asst. U.S. Atty., Boston, Mass., were on briefs, for appellee.

Before CAMPBELL, Chief Judge, TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge, and PIERAS, District Judge.


TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.

These consolidated appeals follow from the convictions of appellants Donald Stackpole and Ray Norton, Jr. in separate trials relating to their involvement in an arson conspiracy that set over 200 fires in the Boston area from 1982 to 1984. Appellants raise a number of objections to alleged errors by the trial judge in their respective trials, none of which merit reversal.

I. The Arson Ring

The arson conspiracy began...

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