UNITED STATES v. POWERS

No. 23921.

420 F.2d 937 (1970)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Jimmie Robert POWERS, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

January 20, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William N. Fielden (argued), La Jolla, Cal., for appellant.

Warren Reese (argued), Asst. U. S. Atty., Phillip W. Johnson, Asst. U. S. Atty., Edwin L. Miller, Jr., U. S. Atty., San Diego, Cal., for appellee.

Before HAMLEY and BROWNING, Circuit Judges, and BYRNE, District Judge.


HAMLEY, Circuit Judge:

In this cause the United States proceeded against Jimmie Robert Powers as a juvenile delinquent, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 5032. The allegation of delinquency was based on the charge that on February 19, 1968, and twice on March 27, 1968, Powers knowingly and wilfully threatened to take the life of the President of the United States, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 871. At the trial the jury returned a special verdict finding that Powers...

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