Bonhart v. United States

BELSON, Senior Judge:

A jury convicted appellant Robert J. Bon-hart of felony destruction of property, 1 arson, 2 second-degree murder, 3 and felony murder. 4 The trial judge imposed concurrent sentences of three and one-third to ten years, three and one-third to ten years, fifteen years to life, and thirty years to life, respectively. Bonhart contends that the trial court erred by excluding evidence supporting the defense that the arson was not the legal cause of the victim’s death, and by admitting prejudicial evidence of appellant’s drug dealing. We hold that the defense of legal cause…