United States v. Stephen Ray Newell

BARTELS, District Judge:

Stephen Ray Newell was tried without a jury before Judge Gordon Thompson, Jr. in the Southern District of California and convicted of arson and destruction of government property in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 81 and 1361. The trial took place upon stipulated facts after the court denied Ne-well’s motion to suppress certain statements obtained from him by military investigators. United States v. Newell, 442 F.Supp. 668 (S.D.Cal.1977). On November 7, 1977, Newell was sentenced pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 4205(b) to the maximum term allowed by law, from which he now appeals.…