Legal Opinion
United States v. Rodney Anderson
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided April 16, 2015No. 13-3130, 13-3131, 13-3132PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GRUENDER, Circuit Judge.
In this consolidated appeal, we consider the criminal prosecutions that were brought after a fire damaged the Hereford House, a well-known restaurant in downtown Kansas City. Following a jury trial, Rodney Anderson, Vincent Pisciotta, and Mark Sorrentino were convicted on numerous counts related to the fire. The district court 1 sentenced Anderson to 180 months’ imprisonment, Pisciotta to 240 months’ imprisonment, and Sorrentino to 180 months’ imprisonment. All three defendants now appeal. We affirm.
I. Background
At about 12:44 a.m. on October 20, 2008, an explosion…
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