United States Fourth Circuit

Defendant's conviction for threatening the President of the United States is affirmed over her challenges that 1) the indictment was defective, 2) the government failed to prove she had the necessary intent, and 3) the threat in the letter was protected by the First Amendment.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/08/2004
• Published 09/08/2004

Judges

• Before WIDENER and GREGORY, Circuit Judges, and C. Arlen BEAM, Senior Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, sitting by designation.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:Robert James Wagner, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Office of The Federal Public Defender, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellant.   Brian D. Miller, Assistant United States Attorney, Office of The United States Attorney, Alexandria, Virginia, for Appellee. ON BRIEF:  Frank W. Dunham, Jr., Federal Public Defender, Alexandria, Virginia, for Appellant.   Paul J. McNulty, United States Attorney, Michael J. Elston, Assistant United States Attorney, Alexandria, Virginia;  Michael C. Wallace, Sr., Assistant United States Attorney, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee.