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U.S. v. THOMPSON

No. 06-1741.

523 F.3d 806 (2008)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Marc E. THOMPSON, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 25, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick S. Layng (argued), Pravin Rao, Office of the United States Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

William H. Theis (argued), Terence F. MacCarthy, Carol A. Brook, Office of the Federal Defender Program, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before FLAUM, MANION, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.

At one time, Marc Thompson owned a seat on the Chicago Board of Trade and earned over $1 million a year. He is now in prison after a jury found him guilty of setting his house on fire in an attempt to collect on an insurance policy. In an even more disturbing finding, the district court concluded that he deliberately killed his own mother in the fire while trying to make it appear that she had committed suicide. We find that sufficient evidence...

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