Legal Opinion
United States v. Stefanik
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 22, 2012No. 10-2168PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMPSON, Circuit Judge.
An angry phone call to this court’s clerk’s office led to Thomas Stefanik’s conviction for threatening a United States official. Stefanik appeals, challenging the sufficiency of the evidence, a portion of the jury instructions, and the district court’s failure to grant a downward adjustment on his sentence. We see no error and affirm.
BACKGROUND
Because Stefanik challenges the sufficiency of the evidence, we recite the facts in the light most favorable to the verdict. See United States v. Alverio-Melendez, 640 F.3d 412, 416 n. 1 (1st Cir.2011).
In 2009, Stefanik, a…
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