U.S. v. HORTON

No. 95-30027.

907 F.Supp. 295 (1995)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. Maurice HORTON, Defendant.

United States District Court, C.D. Illinois, Springfield Division.

December 11, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick J. Chesley, Joseph H. Hartzler, Gregory M. Gilmore, Asst. U.S. Attorneys, Springfield, IL, for plaintiff.

Jon Gray Noll, Springfield, IL, for defendant.


OPINION

RICHARD MILLS, District Judge:

I. BACKGROUND

Maurice Horton was a "copycat".

He made a false bomb threat to destroy the Paul Findley Federal Building in Springfield, Illinois, one day after a very real and very large bomb all but destroyed the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

At approximately 10:00 a.m., on April 20, 1995, Horton entered the Findley Federal

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