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No. 13-4984
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of Virginia, at Alexandria. Gerald Bruce Lee, District
Judge. (1:13-cr-00290-GBL-1)
Submitted:
Decided:
PER CURIAM:
After a jury trial, Horace Sinclair Thompson, Jr., was
convicted
of
arson,
in
violation
of
18
U.S.C.
2,
844(i)
(2012).
evidence
supporting
his
conviction
and
the
district
courts
We affirm.
Id. (quoting
circumstantial
evidence
is
In conducting this
treated
no
differently
even
hypothesis
though
it
consistent
does
with
not
exclude
innocence.
every
United
reasonable
States
v.
We can reverse a
conviction
only
based
on
insufficient
evidence
when
the
U.S. 1, 17 (1978).
To
support
conviction
for
arson
under
18
U.S.C.
real
or
personal
property;
(3)
by
means
of
fire
or
affecting
interstate
or
foreign
commerce.
United
Thompson
The evidence
also
challenges
the
district
courts
business
fire.
We
review
admissibility
of
and
the
the
owners
district
evidence
for
insurance
courts
abuse
of
claims
rulings
after
the
regarding
the
discretion.
United
A district
applies
erroneous
legal
principles
to
the
case,
United
The
challenged
evidence
was
relevant
to
proving
53 F.3d 631, 637 (4th Cir. 1995) (holding that evidence is not
unfairly prejudicial if it does not involve conduct any more
sensational
or
disturbing
than
the
crimes
with
which
[the
court
are
adequately
and
argument
presented
would
not
in
aid
the
the
materials
decisional
process.
AFFIRMED