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UNITED STATES v. PATILLO

No. 13948.

431 F.2d 293 (1970)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Ronald Douglas PATILLO, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided August 20, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Victor J. Ashe, Norfolk, Va. [Court-appointed] (S. W. Tucker, Seymour Dubow, and Hill, Tucker & Marsh, Richmond, Va., on brief) for appellant.

Roger T. Williams, Asst. U. S. Atty. (Brien P. Gettings, U. S. Atty., on brief) for appellee.

Before BOREMAN, BRYAN and CRAVEN, Circuit Judges.

CRAVEN, Circuit Judge:

Ronald Douglas Patillo was convicted on two counts of threatening the life of the President of the United States in violation of 18 U.S.C. Section 8711 and was sentenced to terms totaling four years.2 He appeals, and we reverse and remand for a new trial.

I.

The district judge, without a jury, found that Patillo made unlawful threats against President Nixon on two occasions...

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