Legal Opinion

United States v. Armel

Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Decided October 19, 2009No. 08-4700PublishedCited by 61 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

DIANA GRIBBON MOTZ, Circuit Judge:

After a bench trial, the district court found Dwight L. Armel guilty of threatening federal officials, sentenced him to thirty months in prison, and imposed a three-year term of supervised release with several unusual special conditions. On appeal, Armel challenges his conviction and several of the special conditions. 1 We affirm the conviction but vacate the special conditions and remand for resentencing.

I

On the morning of July 18, 2007, Armel made three phone calls to the FBI’s resident agency office in Fredericksburg, Virginia. The office’s…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Gall v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2007
  2. Virginia v. BlackSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
  3. Watts v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  4. United States v. Frank Kahled Burgos, United States of America v. Alexio Burnard GobernCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1996
  5. United States v. CarterCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2009

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