United States v. Barron D. Fonner

U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit · Decided 1990-12-14

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EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge. In 1972 Barron Fonner slit the throat of Pete Lackey, a state police officer who had arrested him for a drug offense. Fonner was charged with murder, tried, and acquitted; the jury evidently accepted Fon-ner’s contention that he acted in self defense. More than 15 years later Fonner mailed a death threat to Philip Kocis, Commander of the Illinois St…

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