CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A lawyer for a New Mexico man serving six years in prison for commissioning the arson that destroyed a landmark Cheyenne hotel told a federal appeals court this week he sees no legal grounds for his client to appeal but still wants the court to consider whether the sentence was fair.

U.S. District Judge Nancy Freudenthal, of Cheyenne, sentenced Ajay Jariwala, of Albuquerque, in September following his guilty plea to conspiracy to commit arson.

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