UNITED STATES v. TORRES

No. 20-40611.

8 F.4th 413 (2021)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jonathan Matthew TORRES, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Filed August 10, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bethany R. Pickett , Bradley Elliot Visosky , Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Texas, Plano, TX, Russell James, III , Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Texas, Beaumont, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Ryan Withington Gertz, Esq. , Gertz Law Firm, Beaumont, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before Owen, Chief Judge, Smith, and Graves, Circuit Judges.


Mr. Jonathan Torres detonated a bomb outside a church's administrative building. He was convicted under 18 U.S.C. § 844(i), which requires that the building damaged by fire or explosion be used in or influence interstate commerce. The district court concluded that the church's administrative building met...

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