U.S. v. HICKS

No. 96-1910.

106 F.3d 187 (1997)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Joey J. HICKS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided February 3, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel P. Bach, Rita Marie Klemp (argued), Office of U.S. Atty., Madison, WI, for plaintiff-appellee.

Peter L. Steinberg (argued), Madison, WI, for defendant-appellant.

Before POSNER, Chief Judge, and CUDAHY and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.


POSNER, Chief Judge.

A jury convicted the appellant, Hicks, and his codefendant, Wing, of arson. 18 U.S.C. § 844(i). Hicks, sentenced to 100 months in prison, appeals.

In 1990 a fire of suspicious origin had damaged a restaurant owned by Wing in downtown Portage, Wisconsin. The restaurant was located in a two-story building that he owned, the second story of which consisted of an unoccupied apartment. He had been overheard a few weeks earlier talking...

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