United States v. John Charles Flaherty

DIANA E. MURPHY, Circuit Judge.

John Charles Flaherty appeals his conviction on two counts of aiding and abetting arson for which he received concurrent 37 month sentences and three years supervised release. On appeal he argues that the district court1 erred by admitting a nontestify-ing codefendant’s statements in violation of Bruton v. United States, 391 U.S. 123, 88 S.Ct. 1620, 20 L.Ed.2d 476 (1968), denying his motion for severance, and excluding evidence tending to show that a third party might have set the fires. He also claims that the evidence was insufficient to support the jury’s…