Legal Opinion
Schuyler Colfax Brock, Jr. v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 17, 1967No. 24279_1PublishedCited by 68 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUTCHESON, Circuit Judge:
Appellant was convicted of mailing to President Johnson a letter threatening “to take the life of and to inflict bodily harm upon the President of the United States”, in violation of 18 U.S.C. Sec. 871. It was admitted that appellant wrote and mailed the letter, promising to “shoot the president out of the White-house three or four times a year, with, a continuing and wearying monotony.” His claim of insanity provoked the only controversy. A motion for acquittal, tendered at the close of the evidence, was denied, and the jury refused to find appellant legally insane…
2Cases cited32 opinions
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- Bryan v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Ernest McDonald v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1962
- George Lee Mims, Sr. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
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3Cited by68 opinions
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- United States v. Ronald Thomas BohleCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1971
- United States v. Obadiah StephensonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
- United States v. James L. HarperCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
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