U.S. v. MITCHELL

No. 86-1049.

812 F.2d 1250 (1987)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Leroy MITCHELL, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided March 19, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hayden Aluli, Asst. Fed. Public Defender, Honolulu, Hawaii, for defendant-appellant.

Theodore G. Meeker, Honolulu, Hawaii, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before NELSON, REINHARDT and WIGGINS, Circuit Judges.


NELSON, Circuit Judge:

Defendant Leroy Mitchell is currently incarcerated under a two-year prison sentence. He contends that his conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 871 (1982) for "knowingly and willfully ... [making] a threat to take the life or to inflict bodily harm upon the President of the United States" should be reversed because his threats to kill President Reagan were the product of an illegal arrest at Honolulu airport. He also challenges the denial of his...

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