Legal Opinion
United States v. Schlette
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 31, 1988No. Nos. 87-1106, 87-1155, 87-7430 and 87-7436PublishedCited by 76 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DAVID R. THOMPSON, Circuit Judge:
Malcolm R. Schlette pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm, see 18 U.S.C.App. § 1202(a)(1) (repealed 1986), and was placed on probation. While on probation, he walked into William 0. Weis-sieh’s law office and shot him dead. Later that same day, Schlette committed suicide to avoid imminent capture by the police. This sad and unfortunate murder-suicide might have received only moderate publicity but for the circumstance that Weissich, the former Marin County District Attorney, had successfully prosecuted Schlette for arson in 1955. From the…
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