U.S. v. MITCHELL

No. 94-2226.

85 F.3d 800 (1996)

UNITED STATES, Appellee, v. James L. MITCHELL, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided June 5, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter B. Prince, by Appointment of the Court, with whom Peckham, Lobel, Casey, Prince & Tye was on brief, Boston, MA, for appellant.

Kevin J. Cloherty, Assistant United States Attorney, Donald K. Stern, United States Attorney, and Sheila W. Sawyer, Assistant United States Attorney, were on brief, Boston, MA, for appellee.

Before TORRUELLA, Chief Judge, COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge, and CYR, Circuit Judge.


TORRUELLA, Chief Judge.

The defendant in this arson case stands convicted by a jury of conspiracy and arson under 18 U.S.C. §§ 371 and 844(i), respectively. For the reasons stated herein, we affirm the decision of the district court on all points.

I. BACKGROUND

On the evening of February 6, 1989, the Boston Fire Department responded to a multiple-alarm fire at 295-297 Franklin Street (the "Building"), in Boston, which was owned by Jack...

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