United States v. Thomas Tocco, Mario Ferranti Jack Ferranti

CARDAMONE, Circuit Judge:

This criminal prosecution arose out of a late-night fire in a three-story building in Queens, New York, on February 24, 1992 during which a firefighter lost his life. The subsequent investigation focused on the defendant Jack Ferranti (defendant or appellant) as the person who set the blaze in an effort to cut his losses from a failing business and to profit through the collection of insurance proceeds. Ferranti appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Wein-stein, J.), convicting him following a two-week jury…