Legal Opinion
United States v. Joseph Michael Compton
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 18, 1970No. 33842_1PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JAMESON, District Judge:
This is an appeal from a conviction for threatening the life of the President in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 871. 1 Appellant was given a three-year suspended sentence and placed on probation. Subsequently probation was revoked. Following a psychiatric study appellant was sentenced to serve the full three year term. 2
About 7:10 P.M. on April 14, 1969, appellant called the New York Police Department emergency number and said he was calling “about the assassination of President Nixon.” In response to questions he stated that the assassination would take place at Fifth…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Watts v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Albert Richard Roy, Jr. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1969
- Robert Watts v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1968
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3Cited by27 opinions
- United States v. Russell KelnerCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1976
- United States v. David L. HoffmanCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1986
- State v. SchweppeSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1975
- United States v. Mary Frances CarrierCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1982
- United States v. Ronald Douglas PatilloCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1971
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