Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit January 12, 1984, 81-5291, 81-5292 (United States v. Benjamin Lee, United States of America v. David Lee)

JAMES DICKSON PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge:

David and Benjamin Lee were convicted of various federal offenses in connection with their participation in an arson scheme. On appeal they advance two primary contentions from among numerous assignments of error: that they could not, as a matter of law, have violated 18 U.S.C.