Legal Opinion
United States v. Sparkman
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided September 6, 2007No. 06-3520PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COLLOTON, Circuit Judge.
A jury convicted Gregory Sparkman of fifteen counts related to a scheme to defraud his business’s insurer by burning an office building and two vehicles. On appeal, Sparkman challenges various rulings of the district court 1 during the trial. We affirm.
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Sparkman and Tom Wilson co-owned West Park Motors, Inc., a pre-owned vehicle dealership in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. In the mid-1990s, Sparkman and Wilson leased a site for the dealership and built an office building there. They insured the value of the office, the office’s contents, and their unsold vehicles with…
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