Legal Opinion
United States v. Ernest Glenn Pierce, Sr. (94-5841) and Brian Grayson Tackett (94-6234)
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided October 20, 1995No. 94-5841, 94-6234PublishedCited by 151 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
S. ARTHUR SPIEGEL, District Judge.
On December 6, 1991, members of the Ku Klux Klan (“Klan”) burned Barren River Baptist Church (“Church”) to the ground. After a long and heated trial, the jury convicted Ernest Pierce of solicitation and conspiracy to commit arson and Brian Tackett of arson, conspiracy, carrying a firearm in relation to a violent crime, and interstate transportation of a stolen motor vehicle.
The district court provided the Defendants with every possible protection in what became a very complex and difficult trial, and we are favored with Judge Heyburn’s exhaustive opinion…
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