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U.S. v. THOMPSON

No. 96-20945.

130 F.3d 676 (1997)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Billy Mac THOMPSON, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 4, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kathlyn Giannaula Snyder, Paula Camille Offenhauser, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Richard Kent Harris, Houston, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Kevin V. Boshea, Regan, Manasseh & Boshea, New Orleans, LA, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before MAGILL, SMITH and DeMOSS, Circuit Judges.

JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:

Billy Thompson appeals his conviction of attempting to murder a federal judge. We affirm.

I.

While in jail, Thompson solicited inmate Stephen Gerber to kill The Honorable Kenneth Hoyt, an able and respected judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas. Judge Hoyt had sent Thompson to jail on a civil contempt charge related to a civil case in Judge Hoyt's court in which Thompson was a...

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