Legal Opinion
United States v. David L. Hoffman
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 12, 1986No. 85-2252PublishedCited by 80 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFEY, Circuit Judge.
The defendant, David Hoffman, appeals his conviction for threatening the life of the President of the United States. We affirm.
I
On December 17, 1984, the following letter was received in the White House mail room:
“Ronnie, Listen Chump! Resign or You’ll Get Your Brains Blown Out.”
At the end of the unsigned letter was a crude drawing of a pistol with a bullet emerging from the barrel. A mailroom employee opened the letter, observed and noted that the letter contained not only threatening words, but that also inscribed thereon was the threatening drawing of a gun with a…
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