Legal Opinion
United States v. Russell Zangger
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided June 10, 1988No. 87-1657PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FAGG, Circuit Judge.
Russell Zangger appeals his jury conviction for mailing obscene matter in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1461.
This case involves correspondence between Zangger, a sixty-five-year-old married man, and Jolene Edwards, a person whom Zangger believed was a twenty-nine-year-old mother of two. Among other items, Zangger mailed Edwards a videotape that contained a self-narrated segment showing Zangger masturbating. Unbeknownst to the amorous Zangger, the captivating object of his fantasy, Jolene, was the undercover identity of a male United States Postal Inspector. This videotape is…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Hamling v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Costello v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- United States v. CarllSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
- United States v. John E. Kenny, Trenton P. Oelberg, and William L. Parker, DefendantsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1981
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3Cited by39 opinions
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