UNITED STATES v. ROBERTS

No. 80-1501.

638 F.2d 134 (1981)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Thomas Michael ROBERTS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided March 2, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ellen Rosenbloom, Asst. U. S. Atty., Eugene, Or., for defendant-appellant.

Kelly R. Beckley, Eugene, Or., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before BROWNING, Chief Judge, TANG, Circuit Judge, and HEMPHILL, District Judge.


PER CURIAM:

Roberts appeals his conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 1510(a) of assaulting and injuring an informant who had supplied federal investigators with information leading to the arrest of his mother. We affirm.

Roberts first claims that section 1510(a) does not apply to retaliatory assaults but only to assaults that have the purpose of deterring the future communication of information. He argues that since the assault occurred 18 days after his mother...

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