U.S. v. LINCOLN

No. 90-5172MN.

925 F.2d 255 (1991)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Joseph Michael LINCOLN, a/k/a Mohammed Ali Ballagh Omer, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided February 6, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel M. Scott, Minneapolis, Minn., for appellant.

Henry J. Shea, Minneapolis, Minn., for appellee.

Before ARNOLD and MAGILL, Circuit Judges, and BENSON, Senior District Judge.


ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

Joseph Lincoln appeals his convictions for arson and mail fraud. A jury found that he burned down his grocery store and then tried to collect on his insurance. The District Court1 sentenced Lincoln to ten years in jail for the arson and a year and nine months in jail for the mail fraud. Judge Murphy decided that the sentences should run consecutively. Lincoln was also fined $10,000 and ordered to make around $37...

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