Legal Opinion
United States v. Billy Mac Thompson
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 4, 1997No. 96-20945PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:
Billy Thompson appeals his conviction of attempting to murder a federal judge. We affirm.
I
While in jail, Thompson solicited inmate Stephen Gerber to kill The Honorable Kenneth Hoyt, an able and respected judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas. Judge Hoyt had sent Thompson to jail on a civil contempt charge related to a civil case in Judge Hoyt’s court in which Thompson was a party. In jail, Thompson met Gerber and asked him to hire a hit man. Thompson expressed outrage that Hoyt had sent him to jail and was generally…
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