United States v. Earle T. Cook

PELL, Circuit Judge.

The defendant, Cook, was charged in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois in a two count indictment with violating 18 U.S.C. § 32 by placing on November 12, 1967 a destructive device on a civil aircraft with intent to damage the aircraft (Count I) and by causing damage to a civil aircraft (Count II). Judgment of conviction on each count was entered upon a jury verdict of guilty on February 6, 1968, and Cook was sentenced to twenty years on each count, the sentences to run concurrently. This is an appeal from the judgment of conviction and…