ALEXANDER v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 21330, 21941.

418 F.2d 1203 (1969)

Eugene F. ALEXANDER, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided June 25, 1969


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Foy R. Devine, Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. William W. Greenhalgh, Washington, D. C. (both appointed by this court in No. 21,330), was on the brief, for appellant. Mr. Devine was appointed by the District Court for appellant in No. 21,941.

Mr. Charles E. Brookhart, Atty., Dept. of Justice, of the bar of the Supreme Court of Virginia, pro hac vice, by special leave of the court, with whom Messrs. David G. Bress, U. S. Atty. at the time the brief was filed, and Frank Q. Nebeker, Asst. U. S. Atty. at the time the brief was filed, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before BAZELON, Chief Judge, and McGOWAN and ROBINSON, Circuit Judges.


SPOTTSWOOD W. ROBINSON, III, Circuit Judge:

Appellant was convicted by a jury on two counts of "knowingly and willfully" threatening the life of the President of the United States.1 The charges stemmed from a series of five successive calls appellant admittedly made to the White House on the evening of July 23, 1966, from a public telephone in the lobby of the apartment building in which he resided. The White House operator directed the...

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