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UNITED STATES v. SIRHAN

No. 73-2571.

504 F.2d 818 (1974)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Sharif Bishara SIRHAN, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

January 31, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John K. Van De Kamp, Fed. Public Defender, John W. Hornbeck, Kenneth W. Collins, Deputy Fed. Public Defenders, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendant-appellant.

William D. Keller, U. S. Atty., P. G. Flynn, Asst. U. S. Atty., Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before ELY and TRASK, Circuit Judges, and NIELSEN, District Judge.

OPINION

PER CURIAM:

Appellant was convicted of a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 876, which makes it a crime to threaten injury to any person by a communication sent by mail. Appellant was charged with and convicted of sending a letter to Secretary of State William P. Rogers in which he threatened to shoot and kill Israeli Prime Minster Golda Meir on March 1, 1973, a date when Mrs. Meir was scheduled to be in the United States on official business. The letter...

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