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U.S. v. CHATMAN

No. 77-1297.

584 F.2d 1358 (1978)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Wilton CHATMAN, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided October 17, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth L. Foran, Alexandria, Va., for appellant.

Daniel J. Hurson, Asst. U. S. Atty., Baltimore, Md. (Jervis S. Finney, U. S. Atty., Baltimore, Md., on brief), for appellee.

Before HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge, and WINTER and PHILLIPS, Circuit Judges.

WINTER, Circuit Judge:

Wilton "Willie" Chatman, a prisoner in a Maryland institution under a Maryland conviction, wrote a letter to a district judge about a pending case in which he threatened to kill the judge. For sending the letter, he was convicted of obstruction of justice and of mailing a threatening communication in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1503 and 876, respectively. The defendant declined the assistance of counsel at his trial and he attacks the...

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