U.S. v. BOHANON

No. 01-2778.

290 F.3d 869 (2002)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Bernard S. BOHANON, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 16, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tom Szromba (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Criminal Division, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

David B. Mote (argued), Eric M. Schwing, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Springfield, IL, Richard H. Parsons, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Peoria, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before RIPPLE, KANNE, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.


TERENCE T. EVANS, Circuit Judge.

Fair warning: This is an X-rated decision. The many letters Bernard Bohanon wrote are extremely vile. But because he contends that the sentence he received for sending them (he was convicted of mailing threatening communications, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 876) was too long, we must recount what he wrote to demonstrate why his 48-month sentence to a federal prison will not be disturbed on his appeal.

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