Legal Opinion
United States v. Peter Saunders
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 2, 1999No. 98-1980PublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.
Peter Saunders, an inmate at Stateville Correctional Center in Joliet, Illinois, sent a threatening letter to Judge Blanche Manning, a United States District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois; the next day, Mr. Saunders sent her an explosive device. Mr. Saunders admitted to an FBI agent that he had sent the letter and the bomb, and he even explained how he had obtained the components of the bomb. A jury found Mr. Saunders guilty of interfering with a federal officer in the execution of her duties, unlawful manufacture of a firearm, attempting to kill an officer…
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