Legal Opinion
United States v. Frank James
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 12, 1978No. 77-1388PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WALLACE, Circuit Judge:
James appeals his conviction on three counts of using an instrument of interstate commerce to threaten to destroy property by means of an explosive in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 844(e). Each of James’ claims of error pertains to the administration of his jury trial. We affirm.
I
On November 4,1975, the Union Oil Company (Union) received a posted letter which purported to be from a protest group entitled “fission.” The author of the letter threatened to explode a nuclear device at one of Union’s properties unless Union acceded to an extortionate demand of one million…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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3Cited by56 opinions
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