United States v. Jeremiah Gene Russell

BUCKLEW, District Judge:

Appellant, Jeremiah Gene Russell, appeals the 37-month sentence imposed by the district court after Appellant pled guilty to a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 871(a), which proscribes knowingly and willfully threatening the life of the President of the United States.

I. BACKGROUND

Appellant was arrested on November 15, 2006 after calling 911 from a public payphone at a gas station and informing the dispatcher that he was “thinking about killing the President,” that he “really mean[t] it,” and that he would be waiting near the payphone for the police to come and pick him up.…