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U.S. v. HERSOM

No. 07-2401.

588 F.3d 60 (2009)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Douglas HERSOM, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided December 3, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Shaughnessy for appellant.

Margaret D. McGaughey, Appellate Chief, with whom Paula D. Silsby, United States Attorney, was on brief for appellee.

Before Torruella, Boudin, and Dyk, Circuit Judges.

DYK, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a criminal conviction of arson in the United States District Court for the District of Maine. Defendant Douglas Hersom pled guilty to a charge that he maliciously destroyed by fire a building owned by an institution "receiving Federal financial assistance" in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 844(f). On appeal, Hersom contends that his conviction should be reversed because the statute is unconstitutional, or that the statute...

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