Legal Opinion
United States v. Myers
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 14, 1997No. 95-20969PublishedCited by 80 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:
Randall Myers appeals his conviction of, and sentence for, three counts of interstate transmission of threatening communications. We affirm the conviction but remand for resentencing.
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Myers is a Vietnam veteran with a history of mental illness. In 1981, he was diagnosed with Posh-Traumatic Stress Disorder (“PTSD”) and classified by the Veterans Administration as 100% disabled. He also suffers from bipolar or “manic-depressive” disorder, for which he has been prescribed lithium, and diabetes, for which he takes injections of insulin. As he readily concédes,…
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