Legal Opinion
United States v. Norman Ralph Henderson
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 14, 1992No. 91-10320PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOOCHEVER, Circuit Judge:
Norman Ralph Henderson appeals his conviction for mailing a threatening communication, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 876. Henderson argues that the district court should have dismissed his indictment because the indictment did not allege that he wrote the threatening letter. Since 18 U.S.C. § 876 does not require that the defendant write the threatening communication, we affirm his conviction.
BACKGROUND
On March 9, 1990, a woman with the initials of C.D. received an anonymous letter through the mail threatening her with physical harm. The letter threatened in vulgar…
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