Legal Opinion
United States v. Billy Wayne Anderson, Jerry Dennis Thomas, Michael Lynn Thomas, and Larry Austin Thomas
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 12, 1991No. 90-1347PublishedCited by 104 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JERRE S. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:
A grand jury indicted Billy Wayne Anderson, Jerry Dennis Thomas, Michael Lynn Thomas, and Larry Austin Thomas for various criminal acts in connection with the burning of a furniture warehouse. A jury convicted all four of conspiracy to damage and destroy by fire a building and personal property used in interstate commerce in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371 (1988) and of maliciously damaging and destroying by fire a building and personal property used in interstate commerce in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 844(i) (1988). Dennis Thomas, Michael Thomas, and Anderson were…
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