United States v. Carl Henry Howell

Carl Henry Howell was convicted on two counts of making threats to take the life of the President of the United States in viola tion of 18 U.S.C. § 871. Finding that the two counts charge but one offense, we uphold his conviction on Count I, vacate his conviction on Count II, and affirm his sentence.

In February 1982 the office of the United States Secret Service in Austin, Texas, was notified by the local state hospital that one of its patients, Carl Henry Howell, had made threatening remarks against the President of the United States. A Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent, Cecil…