United States v. Antonio Cole

Antonio Cole appeals from the sentence imposed by the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York (Kahn, J.), on Cole’s plea of guilty to a one-count information charging him with mailing threatening communications, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 876. Because the victims were government officers — the letters threatened to kill the President of the United States and Senator Alfonse D’Amato — the district court added three points to Cole’s base offense level pursuant to U.S.S.G. § 3A1.2(a). Cole points out that his conduct did not cause any disruption of government…