United States Ninth Circuit
US v. Lincoln, 04-30040
Defendant's conviction for threatening the life of the President of the United States is reversed where the contextual background did not transform defendant's letter into a threat.
Appellate Information
- Argued 12/06/2004
- Decided 04/08/2005
- Published 04/08/2005
Judges
- RAWLINSON, Circuit Judge., Before T.G. NELSON, RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges, and SCHWARZER, Senior District Judge.
Court
- United States Ninth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellees:
- Michael R. Levine, Portland, OR, for defendant-appellant Jonathan Joseph Lincoln., Frank Noonan, Assistant United States Attorney, Portland, OR, for plaintiff-appellee United States of America.