Legal Opinion
United States v. Kim Rolene Sweet
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided February 17, 1993No. 92-1434PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HANSEN, Circuit Judge.
Kim Rolene Sweet was convicted of making a false bomb threat concerning a Northwest Airlines passenger plane pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 35(b). The district court 1 sentenced her to a 30-month term of imprisonment. She appeals and argues two issues: (1) 18 U.S.C. § 35(b) is a specific intent statute and therefore the district court erred in not giving a specific intent instruction to the jury; and (2) the district court abused its discretion in departing upward from the applicable sentencing guideline range. We affirm.
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On August 29, 1991, at 1:37 p.m., Sweet made an…
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