United States v. Gregory Lee Melina

HANSEN, Circuit Judge.

Gregory Melina appeals from the final judgment entered by the district court1 upon his conviction of aiding and abetting arson. He claims that (1) the district court erred by failing to sever his ease from a nontestifying codefendant’s, (2) the district court erroneously excluded evidence that would have shown that a third party was responsible for the fires, (3) the government failed to show any connection between the building that was burned and interstate commerce, and (4) the evidence was insufficient to sustain his conviction. We affirm.

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This ease arises out of two…