United States of America v. Scott L. Rendelman

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MARYLAND UNITED STATES OF AMERICA * oOW, * CRIMINAL NO. JKB-07-0331 SCOTT L. RENDELMAN, * Defendant. * . * * * * * * * x * * * Defendant Scott Rendelman was convicted in 2008 of mailing threatening communications under 18 U.S.C. § 876(c). (ECF No. 165-1 at 2.) The sole contested issue left for the jury to decide was whether the letters Rendelman sent constituted “threats.” (ECF No. 68 at 39.) Following then-applicable law, the trial judge instructed the jury that a communication was a threat if a “reasonable person” would believe it to…