United States v. Desposito

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• concluding that an attempt must include \something more than mere preparation\ (quoting United States v. Farhane , 634 F.3d 127 , 147 (2d Cir. 2011) )
• holding that the use of fire to divert police attention from the commission of a bank robbery qualified as a Section 844(h)(1) offense
• holding that bank robber who set a fire to distract police responders “used” fire under § 844(h)(1) as the fire “was an integral part of [the robbery] scheme”
• holding that defendant has fair warning where plain language of statute proscribes his conduct
• noting that, to prove intent, the government had to show that the appellant’s actions “had the natural and probable effect” of obstructing his criminal trial
• affirming conviction because the defendant had planned “to create fraudulent evidence”

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