U.S. v. KLAT

No. 97-3075.

156 F.3d 1258 (1998)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Susan Viola KLAT, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided September 22, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary Manning Petras, appointed by the Court, argued the cause and filed the briefs for appellant.

David B. Goodhand, Assistant United States Attorney, argued the cause for appellee, with whom Wilma A. Lewis, United States Attorney, John R. Fisher and Elizabeth Trosman, Assistant United States Attorneys, were on the brief. Mary-Patrice Brown, Assistant United States Attorney, entered an appearance.

Before: WALD, WILLIAMS and TATEL, Circuit Judges.


WALD, Circuit Judge:

A jury convicted Susan Viola Klat of threatening to assault the Clerk of the United States Supreme Court, William Suter, and the Chief Justice of the United States, William Rehnquist. On appeal, appellant challenges her conviction and sentence based on a number of alleged errors made by the district court, including (1) allowing her to appear pro se at a hearing to determine her competency to stand trial; (2) failing adequately to warn...

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