Legal Opinion
United States v. Charles Ray Polk
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 10, 1997No. 96-40836PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARL E. STEWART, Circuit Judge:
Charles Ray Polk, a car salesman for King Chevrolet in Tyler, Texas, boasted of having significant financial resources ($150 million) and the desire to blow up federal buildings and kill federal employees across the country—this despite the fact that Polk could hardly afford to pay his bills. A jury rejected Polk’s argument that his “outlandish” suggestions were mere puffery, concluded that Polk was deadly serious, and convicted him of attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction (Count 1); solicitation to commit a crime of violence under 18 U.S.C. § 844(f)…
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