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U.S. v. COLVIN

No. 00-3400.

353 F.3d 569 (2003)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James G. COLVIN, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 24, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sarah E. Harrington (argued), Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Appellate Section, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Lauren Robel (argued), Indiana University, School of Law, Bloomington, IN, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before FLAUM, Chief Judge, and POSNER, COFFEY, EASTERBROOK, RIPPLE, MANION, KANNE, ROVNER, DIANE P. WOOD, EVANS, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.

James Colvin was convicted on charges arising out of his role in a cross burning and sentenced to 22 years' imprisonment, all but two years of which were imposed under statutes calling for mandatory ten-year consecutive sentences. In this appeal, we must decide whether his conviction and ten-year consecutive sentence under 18 U.S.C. § 844(h)(1), which punishes the use of fire in the commission of "any felony," can be sustained when the...

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