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U.S. v. WILDES

Nos. 96-4542, 96-4543.

120 F.3d 468 (1997)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Carl M. WILDES, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Harry CAMERON, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided July 24, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Lionel Stukes Lofton, Jr., Charleston, SC, for appellants. Seth Michael Galanter, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for appellee. ON BRIEF: Ann Briks Walsh, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Charleston, SC, for appellant Cameron. Deval L. Patrick, Assistant Attorney General, David K. Flynn, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for appellee.

Before WILKINS, LUTTIG, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge WILKINS wrote the opinion, in which Judge LUTTIG and Judge WILLIAMS joined.

OPINION

WILKINS, Circuit Judge:

On the night of August 21, 1991, Appellants Carl Wildes and Harry Cameron constructed a six-foot tall wooden cross, covered a portion of it with rags, and doused the rags with kerosene. They carried the cross to the home of an African-American family, leaned it against a fence enclosing the front lawn, and...

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