United States v. William M. Chaney

CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.

In May 1976, a four-count indictment was returned against defendant. At the start of the ensuing jury trial, the Government dismissed the fourth count, 1 and at the conclusion of the trial the jury returned a verdict finding defendant guilty under the remaining counts. Subsequently he received three 2-year concurrent sentences. Since the defendant does not challenge the sufficiency of the evidence, only a capsule version of the case facts need be given.

The Government showed that a Molotov cocktail bomb was thrown against a door of the Naegele Outdoor Advertising…