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UNITED STATES v. HOFFMAN

No. 85-2252.

806 F.2d 703 (1986)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. David L. HOFFMAN, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided November 12, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel J. Cahnman, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellant.

Jan E. Kearney, Asst. U.S. Atty., Joseph P. Stadtmueller, U.S. Atty., Milwaukee, Wis., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before CUMMINGS and COFFEY, Circuit Judges, and WILL, Senior District Judge.

COFFEY, Circuit Judge.

The defendant, David Hoffman, appeals his conviction for threatening the life of the President of the United States. We affirm.

I.

On December 17, 1984, the following letter was received in the White House mail room:

"Ronnie, Listen Chump! Resign or You'll Get Your Brains Blown Out."

At the end of the unsigned letter was a crude drawing of a pistol with a bullet emerging from the barrel. A mailroom employee...

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