Legal Opinion
United States v. Morales
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 5, 2001No. 00-20811PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:
Eduardo Morales was an 18-year-old student at Milby High School in Houston, Texas at the time of the internet communications at issue. He entered an internet chatroom and, in a conversation with a stranger in the state of Washington, threatened to shoot and kill students at Milby High. The stranger alerted the police, who ultimately traced the communications to Morales. He was indicted for knowingly and intentionally transmitting in interstate commerce a threat to injure another in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 875(c). 1 He was convicted by a jury and sentenced to…
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