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U.S. v. FONNER

No. 89-3054.

920 F.2d 1330 (1990)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Barron D. FONNER, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 14, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rodger A. Heaton, Asst U.S. Atty., Indianapolis, Ind., Richard N. Cox, Asst. U.S. Atty., Danville, Ill., for plaintiff-appellee.

Jerold S. Solovy, R. Douglas Rees, Darryl M. Bradford, Jenner & Block, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellant.

Before BAUER, Chief Judge, EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge, and WILL, Senior District Judge.

EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

In 1972 Barron Fonner slit the throat of Pete Lackey, a state police officer who had arrested him for a drug offense. Fonner was charged with murder, tried, and acquitted; the jury evidently accepted Fonner's contention that he acted in self defense. More than 15 years later Fonner mailed a death threat to Philip Kocis, Commander of the Illinois State Police, who worked with Lackey in 1972. Fonner also threatened to kill Chief Judge Baker...

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