Legal Opinion
United States v. Poff
District Court, N.D. Indiana
Decided September 14, 1989No. SCr. 88-101PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SENTENCING MEMORANDUM
MILLER, District Judge.
On June 8, 1989, a jury found Carolyn Kay Poff guilty of six counts of threatening the life of the President. 18 U.S.C. § 871. The charges were based on letters she wrote on August 15, 1988, August 22, 1988, and October 3, 1988. Evidence at trial indicated that she disguised her handwriting on some of the letters and used transferred stencil lettering on two of them. Each letter informed the President that he was going to die and she would kill him.
Ms. Poff has a lengthy history of treatment for mental illness. The jury rejected her insanity…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- United States v. Evelio PintoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1989
- The United States v. Peter Huff, John James Davis. Appeal of Peter HuffCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1989
- United States v. Maurice Fred AlvesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1989
- United States v. LawrenceDistrict Court, D. Puerto Rico · 1989
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