Legal Opinion
United States v. Belcher
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided December 2, 1983No. Crim. 83-00073-01-RPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WARRINER, District Judge.
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Defendant Belcher has been charged with criminally setting fire to a restaurant in Colonial Heights, Virginia, known as Ea-den’s Creative Cookery. He has moved to dismiss the indictment since, he claims, the statute, 18 U.S.C. § 844(i), 1 was not offended. The building was closed for repair at the time of the fire and hence, he argues, was not “used in interstate ... commerce.” Thus, the threshold question that must be addressed is whether this Court, under the aegis of 18 U.S.C. § 844(i), has subject matter jurisdiction over the arson charged. Although the…
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