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UNITED STATES v. SCHANKOWSKI

No. 85-1208.

782 F.2d 628 (1986)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Dorothy SCHANKOWSKI, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided February 4, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leroy T. Soles, Federal Defender, Detroit, Mich., Jill Leslie Price, argued, Kenneth R. Sasse, for defendant-appellant.

Robert Monk, Asst. U.S. Atty., argued, Detroit, Mich., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before LIVELY, Chief Judge; CONTIE, Circuit Judge; and JOHNSTONE, Chief Judge.

LIVELY, Chief Judge.

In this case we must decide whether the statute which makes obstruction of the mails a crime requires a showing that the defendant knew that her acts would result in obstructing or retarding the passage of mail. The statute is 18 U.S.C. § 1701 (1982):

Whoever knowingly and willfully obstructs or retards the passage of the mail, or any carrier or conveyance carrying the mail, shall be fined not more than $100 or imprisoned not more...

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