MAISONET

v.

UNITED STATES

Citator

Cited By (14 total)

• Smith v. State, 532 So. 2d 50 (Fla. 2d DCA 1988)
  …serious expression of an intent to do harm. See also, Martin v. United States, 691 F. 2d 1235 (8th Cir.1982), cert. denied, 459 U.S. 1211, 108 S.Ct. 1207, 75 L.Ed.2d 447 (1983); United States v. Maisonet, 484 F. 2d 1356 (4th Cir.1973), cert. denied, 415 U.S. 933, 94 S.Ct. 1447, 39 L.Ed.2d 491 (1974). In the present case the victims’ reactions to Smith’s letters appear to have ranged from mild concern to near panic. The jury obviously believed his threats of imminent poisoning were sufficient to cause ala…
• In re Anthony R. Martin-Trigona. Appeal of Anthony R. Martin-Trigona. Anthony R. Martin-Trigona v. Lavien, 737 F.2d 1254 (2d Cir. 1984)
  …right to counsel of course extends only to criminal and quasi-criminal proceedings. Hannah v. Larche, 363 U.S. 420, 440 n. 16, 80 S.Ct. 1502, 1513 n. 16, 4 L.Ed.2d 1307 (1960); Ferguson v. Gathright, 485 F. 2d 504, 506 (4th Cir.1973), cert. denied, 415 U.S. 933, 94 S.Ct. 1447, 39 L.Ed.2d 491 (1974); Madera v. Board of Education, 386 F. 2d 778, 780 (2d Cir.1967), cert. denied, 390 U.S. 1028, 88 S.Ct. 1416, 20 L.Ed.2d 284 (1968). In non-criminal cases federal courts have the authority to appoint counsel, but…
• United States v. Swanson, 572 F.2d 523 (5th Cir. 1978)
  …ed to the jury if the evidence tends to show beyond a reasonable doubt that a reasonable person knowing the context of the letter would interpret the extortion letter as a threat to injure. U. S. v. Maisonet, 484 F. 2d 1356 (CA4,1973), cert. denied, 415 U.S. 933, 94 S.Ct. 1447, 39 L.Ed.2d 491 (1974). The judge correctly decided that a reasonable person in Swanson’s position would have realized the threatening nature of the scheme he was advancing. Once the issue was properly submitted to the jury, the jury…