United States Tenth Circuit

Conviction and sentence for using a cell phone to convey false bomb threats are affirmed where: 1) minimal familiarity with defendant's voice was sufficient to offer an identification of the voice on the 911 tapes; and 2) defendant was reasonably found to have targeted multiple victims, in that he mentioned "school," "schools" and "City Hall" in a county with 4 city halls and 39 public schools.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/16/2008
• Published 12/17/2008

Judges

• EBEL, Circuit Judge., Before HENRY, Chief Judge, EBEL and GORSUCH, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Tenth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Submitted on the briefs: 


• For Appellees:
  
• Jeffrey D. Morris, Berkowitz, Oliver, Williams, Shaw & Eisenbrandt, LLP, Kansas City, MO, for Defendant-Appellant., Eric F. Melgren, United States Attorney, David C. Smith, Assistant United States Attorney, Kansas City, KS, for Plaintiff-Appellee.