Legal Opinion

United States v. Gilbert

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided June 21, 1999No. 98-1563PublishedCited by 76 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BOWNES, Senior Circuit Judge.

Defendant-appellant Kristen Gilbert was charged in a single-count indictment with making a telephone bomb threat on September 26, 1996, to the Department of Veteran’s Affairs Medical Center (VAMC) in Leeds, Massachusetts, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 844(e). Gilbert was found guilty by a jury and was sentenced to imprisonment for fifteen months and three years of supervised release. We affirm.

There are three issues for review: (1) Was there subject matter jurisdiction under the interstate commerce clause; (2) Did the district court commit reversible error in the…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1993
  2. Manson v. BrathwaiteSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  3. United States v. LopezSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
  4. Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 90,450 Steven G. Cooperman v. Individual Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1999
  5. United States v. RobertsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1995

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3Cited by76 opinions

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