United States v. Wilton Chatman

U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit · Decided 1978-10-17

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WINTER, Circuit Judge: Wilton “Willie” Chatman, a prisoner in a Maryland institution under a Maryland conviction, wrote a letter to a district judge about a pending case in which he threatened to kill the judge. For sending the letter, he was convicted of obstruction of justice and of mailing a threatening communication in violati…

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