U.S. v. PATEL

No. 86-3062.

835 F.2d 708 (1987)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Bina PATEL, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 10, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald M. Werksman, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellant.

David J. Stetler, Asst. U.S. Atty., Anton Valukas, U.S. Atty., James R. Ferguson, Sheldon T. Zenner, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before POSNER, COFFEY, and FLAUM, Circuit Judges.


POSNER, Circuit Judge.

The government's motion to dismiss this appeal with respect to two counts of an indictment raises potentially recurrent questions not previously decided in a reported opinion.

Count 1 charged Bina Patel with conspiracy to commit arson (18 U.S.C. § 371), Count 2 with arson (18 U.S.C. § 844(i)), and Count 7 with making a false statement to a federal agent (18 U.S.C. § 1001). A jury found Patel guilty on these three counts...

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