Legal Opinion
United States v. Dorothy A. Johnson
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 12, 1992No. 91-1857PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFEY, Circuit Judge.
Dorothy A. Johnson was convicted by a jury of attempting to extort money by sending a threatening letter through the U.S. mails in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 876. Johnson appeals her conviction and sentence. We affirm.
I
On October 5, 1990, Harriet Nyquist, a 64-year-old widow living alone in Bruce, Wisconsin, received an envelope in the mail addressed to her residence. The envelope had a Ladysmith, Wisconsin postmark and no return address. Inside the envelope was a two-page hand-written letter instructing Nyquist to place $25,000, in 100, 50, and 20 dollar bills in a small…
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