Legal Opinion
United States v. Castagana
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 14, 2010No. 08-50057PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CANBY, Circuit Judge:
Chad Conrad Castagana appeals his jury conviction of committing threats and hoaxes in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1038(a)(1). Castagana’s convictions arose from his sending threatening letters to various celebrities and political figures accompanied by a white powdery substance. On appeal, Castagana challenges the district court’s rejection of his requested jury instruction, which would have required the jury, in order to convict, to find that he specifically intended the recipients of his letters reasonably to believe, that they contained anthrax. We conclude that §…
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