Legal Opinion
United States v. Marlys Floyd, United States of America v. Rebecca Pippert
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 21, 2006No. 06-1026, 06-1028PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BEAM, Circuit Judge.
In these consolidated criminal appeals, Pippert and Floyd (collectively, “Defendants”) appeal their convictions and sentences for mailing threatening communications, 18 U.S.C. § 876. We affirm both the convictions and sentences.
I. BACKGROUND
Floyd and Pippert, who is Floyd’s daughter, admit that they sent a copy of an article about United States District Court Judge Joan Lefkow’s murdered family to a lawyer, two judges, and the district court connected to various litigation previously involving the Floyd family in the Iowa state court system. The handwritten words “Be Aware…
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