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- Title: United States V. Lindsay
- Author : Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals
- Release Date : January 13, 1998
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 56 KB
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Mable Lindsay operated a convenience store known as Lindsay's Corner, which was located on Route 145 in Eddyville, Illinois. For about nine years, she had the market to herself, but in November 1993, Randall Hicks and his wife Peggy opened up a rival store directly across the highway, which they called Hicks Shawnee Mart (the "Shawnee Mart"). The competition may have been beneficial to travelers on Route 145, but it cut deeply into the profits of Lindsay's Corner. Most business owners, faced with such a situation, would either work harder to succeed or choose an option like relocating or closing the business. Lindsay resorted to more drastic measures. She hired Dennis Lance Martin to torch the Shawnee Mart, which he did, for a payment of $600. Eventually, Lindsay and Martin were both caught, and Lindsay was indicted by a federal grand jury for conspiracy to violate 18 U.S.C. sec. 844(i), which prohibits arson of a building affecting interstate commerce. On this direct criminal appeal, even though he recognizes the uphill battle he faces, Lindsay's lawyer argues only that trial counsel was constitutionally ineffective in a variety of ways. This is not the exceedingly rare case in which such a claim can succeed on direct appeal, cf. United States v. Trevino, 60 F.3d 333, 339 (7th Cir. 1995); Guinan v. United States, 6 F.3d 468, 473 (7th Cir. 1993) (Easterbrook, J., Concurring), and we therefore affirm her conviction.
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