U.S. v. BLOOM

No. 85-1963.

834 F.2d 16 (1987)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Timothy M. BLOOM, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided November 25, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip C. Nessralla, Jr., Brockton, Mass., by Appointment of the Court, for defendant, appellant.

Richard G. Stearns, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Frank L. McNamara, Jr., Acting U.S. Atty., Boston, Mass., was on brief, for appellee.

Before CAMPBELL, Chief Judge, BOWNES and BREYER, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

Timothy Bloom appeals his conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 876 for mailing a threatening communication to United States District Judge Rya Zobel. Bloom argues that it was plain error for the district court not to have instructed the jury that authorship of the threatening communication was a necessary element of the offense, and for the prosecution to have failed to present evidence on that issue. Since the statute does not require proof of authorship...

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