United States Tenth Circuit

Defendant's conviction and sentence for offenses relating to his throwing a Molotov cocktail into a temple is affirmed over claims of error regarding: 1) sufficiency of the evidence; 2) application of an obstruction of justice enhancement; 3) an Eighth Amendment violation as to the sentence; and 4) the reasonableness of his sentence.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/30/2006
• Published 07/05/2006

Judges

• TACHA, Chief Circuit Judge., Before TACHA, Chief Circuit Judge, HOLLOWAY, and HARTZ, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Tenth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Submitted on the briefs:   Paul Antonio Lacy, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Office of the Federal Public Defender for the Western District of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• John C. Richter, United States Attorney, and Scott L. Palk, Assistant United States Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Oklahoma City, OK, for Appellee.