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UNITED STATES v. BARCLEY

No. 20481.

452 F.2d 930 (1971)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Homer Nelson BARCLEY, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

November 4, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Merle Johnson, Sioux Falls, S. D., for appellant.

Richard D. Hurd, Asst. U. S. Atty., William F. Clayton, U. S. Atty., Sioux Falls, S. D., for appellee.

Before ALDRICH, LAY and BRIGHT, Circuit Judges.

BRIGHT, Circuit Judge.

Homer Nelson Barcley was convicted by a jury on two counts of communicating threats by mail in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 876.1 He brings this timely appeal contending that the evidence was insufficient to show that the letter which he mailed contained threats of personal injury.2 We agree and reverse.

The events underlying Barcley's present difficulties began in 1969 when...

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