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U.S. v. PIERSON

No. 90-5399.

946 F.2d 1044 (1991)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Clifford R. PIERSON, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided October 7, 1991.

As Amended October 25, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Earl Godwin, Asst. U.S. Atty., Clarksburg, W.Va., argued (William A. Kolibash, U.S. Atty., on brief), for plaintiff-appellant.

Stephen Godfrey Jory, Busch, Jory, Smith & Talbott, Elkins, W.Va., argued, for defendant-appellee.

Before ERVIN, Chief Judge, and WIDENER, and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

ERVIN, Chief Judge:

Clifford Pierson was charged in a three count indictment resulting from a bombing incident. These charges included two counts relating to the explosion and one count of making false declarations to the Grand Jury. After a jury trial, Pierson was acquitted of the explosives charges but was convicted of the false declarations charge. At sentencing, the government urged that Pierson be sentenced as an accessory after the fact under...

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