MR. CHIEF JUSTICE BURGER delivered the opinion of the Court.
Petitioner was convicted by a jury on five counts of an indictment charging him with knowingly and willfully making oral threats "to take the life of or to inflict bodily harm upon the President of the United States," in violation of 18 U. S. C. § 871 (a). The Court of Appeals affirmed,
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