Legal Opinion
United States v. Harland Lee Black
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided December 26, 1979No. 78-3052PublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SOLOMON, District Judge.
Appellant Harland Lee Black mailed threatening letters to two United States District Judges. He was charged in four counts with mailing these letters in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 876. Black was convicted on all four counts. He appealed. We affirm.
In February 1973, Black was indicted on two counts of mailing threatening letters to District Judge Philip Wilkins and two counts of obstruction of justice. The letters were mailed when Black was serving a sentence on state convictions for robbery, assault with a deadly weapon, and kidnapping. Black entered a plea of not guilty…
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