Legal Opinion
United States v. Clifford Pollard Turner
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 30, 1992No. 91-1745PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POLITZ, Chief Judge:
Clifford Pollard Turner appeals his conviction upon jury verdict of three counts of causing to be delivered by the United States Postal Service a written communication containing a threat in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 876. For the reasons assigned, we affirm.
Background
On October 2, 1990 three Black Texas state judges 1 received letters from Turner as follows:
To the Honorable Judge, 10-01-90
[Name of State Judge:] ■ Monday
“TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN”
Now, Comes Again the “Lone Aryan Warrior” With the Message of Death to all Nigger’s And Jew’s who do not Submit to our Aryan Supreme…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- United States v. Louis RochesterCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1990
- United States v. Albert Solomon Preston, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
- Favis Clay Martin v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1982
- United States v. Israel Valles-Valencia, United States of America v. Ricardo Vigil Bustamante, United States of America v. Guillermo Soto-LealCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1987
- United States v. Marvin Clyde LincolnCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1979
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3Cited by26 opinions
- United States v. WhitfieldCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2009
- United States v. RichardsonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2012
- United States v. TomblinCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1995
- United States v. Charles Arthur DaughenbaughCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1995
- United States v. SkeltonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2008
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