Legal Opinion
United States v. Marc Keyser
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided December 6, 2012No. 10-10224PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CLIFTON, Circuit Judge:
In an effort to drum up publicity for a self-published book on the dangers of anthrax, Marc Keyser feigned multiple acts of biological terrorism. After mailing hundreds of packets of powder labeled “Anthrax” — which were actually full of sugar — Keyser was convicted on two counts of mailing threatening communications under 18 U.S.C. § 876(c) (“threat” counts) and three counts of communicating false or misleading information regarding the presence of a biological weapon under 18 U.S.C. § 1038(a) (“hoax” counts). He was sentenced to 51 months in prison. He now…
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