United States v. Dennis M. Shepheard

Dennis Shepheard was convicted of two counts of making harassing communications under Ala. Code § 13A-ll-8(b), as assimilated by 18 U.S.C. § 13(a). 1 After a bench trial held before a magistrate judge pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 3401(a), Shepheard was found guilty of harassing employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs (the VA) by making hundreds of telephone calls over a six-week period. On appeal to the district court, Shepheard’s conviction and sentence were affirmed. See 18 U.S.C. § 3402. Before this Court, Shepheard contends the magistrate judge and the district court erred because his…