Legal Opinion
United States v. Robert Christopher Ingraham A/K/A Arthur Robert MacKeil
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided October 29, 1987No. 86-1993PublishedCited by 123 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
It has been written that, “when Fortune means to men most good, she looks upon them with a threat’ning eye.” W. Shakespeare, King John, Act III (1597). Whether or not the casting of black glances comprises an auspicious augury, giving voice to the menace may catalyze 18 U.S.C. § 875(c), a federal criminal statute which makes it a crime to transmit “in interstate commerce any communication containing any threat to kidnap any person or any threat to injure the person of another.” And therein lies the rub.
I. BACKGROUND
Defendant-appellant Robert Christopher Ingraham was…
2Cases cited44 opinions
- Glasser v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Simmons v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- United States v. SalernoSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- United States v. Orange Jell BeechumCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- United States v. DrougasCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1984
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3Cited by123 opinions
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