United States Sixth Circuit

A sentence imposed for offenses arising from a series of building fires at seven mattress and bedding stores in Kentucky, wherein the district court imposed a term of imprisonment of 84 months and a restitution order of over $1 million, is affirmed over claims of error regarding: 1) whether the district court erred as a matter of law in finding that a firefighter suffered bodily injury sufficient to warrant the imposition of an 84-month mandatory minimum sentence pursuant to 18 U.S.C. section 844(i); and 2) the factual basis and timeliness of the district court's restitution order.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/07/2008
• Published 03/07/2008

Judges

• Before: SUHRHEINRICH, SUTTON, and GRIFFIN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Christopher N. Lasch, Law Office, New Haven, Connecticut, for Appellant.  Terry M. Cushing, Assistant United States Attorney, Louisville, Kentucky, for Appellee.   ON BRIEF:  Christopher N. Lasch, Law Office, New Haven, Connecticut, for Appellant.  Terry M. Cushing, Larry E. Fentress, Monica Wheatley, Assistant United States Attorneys, Louisville, Kentucky, for Appellee.