United States v. Leroy Mitchell

NELSON, Circuit Judge:

Defendant Leroy Mitchell is currently incarcerated under a two-year prison sentence. He contends that his conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 871 (1982) for “knowingly and willfully ... [making] a threat to take the life or to inflict bodily harm upon the President of the United States” should be reversed because his threats to kill President Reagan were the product of an illegal arrest at Honolulu airport. He also challenges the denial of his motion for judgment of acquittal on the ground that, viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution, no reasonable…