United States v. Platte

HARTZ, Circuit Judge.

Defendants Ardeth Platte, Carol Gilbert, and Jackie Marie Hudson are Sisters in the Dominican Order. They appeal their convictions for violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2155(a), which prohibits the injury or destruction of national-defense materials or premises with the intent to injure, interfere with, or obstruct the national defense. They contend that (1) the evidence was insufficient to support the convictions; (2) the district court improperly denied their request for a good-faith jury instruction and two other instructions; and (3) the term national defense, as defined in…