Legal Opinion
United States v. Russell Kelner
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided April 9, 1976No. 396, Docket 75-1290PublishedCited by 157 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OAKES, Circuit Judge:
This appeal is from a conviction for causing to be transmitted in interstate commerce a communication containing a “threat to injure the person of another,” 18 U.S.C. §§ 2, 875(c).1 The offense charged in the indictment was that Russell Kelner, a member of the Jewish Defense League (JDL), caused to be transmitted in interstate commerce a threat to assassinate Yasser Arafat. Kelner was convicted after a jury trial in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, before Richard Owen, Judge. He was sentenced to imprisonment for one year with…
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3Cited by157 opinions
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