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U.S. v. FLOWERS

No. 92-2020.

995 F.2d 315 (1993)

UNITED STATES, Appellee, v. John G. FLOWERS, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided June 4, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Murphy with whom Joseph A. Bevilacqua, Jr., Providence, RI, was on brief for defendant, appellant.

Margaret E. Curran, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Lincoln C. Almond, U.S. Atty. and Charles A. Tamuleviz, Asst. U.S. Atty., Providence, RI, were on brief for appellee.

Before BREYER, Chief Judge, TORRUELLA and BOUDIN, Circuit Judges.

BREYER, Chief Judge.

The appellant John Flowers pled guilty to a charge that, in 1988, he set fire to his boat to collect the insurance proceeds, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 844(h) (using fire to commit a felony). The district court sentenced him to 12 months imprisonment. See U.S.S.G. §§ 2K1.4(a), (b)(4), 3E1.1, 4A1.1, Ch. 5, Pt. A (Oct. 1987). The district court ordered that the 12 month sentence begin after Flowers finished serving an 11 month...

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