Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Norman Heinz MELENDY, Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1971-03-05
Citations: 438 F.2d 531
Docket Number: No. 26005
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Norman Heinz MELENDY, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 438
Pages: 531–532

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Norman Heinz MELENDY, Appellant.
No. 26005.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
March 5, 1971.
Donald B. Marks, Los Angeles, Cal., for appellant.
Robert L. Meyer, U. S. Atty., David R. Nissen, Chief, Crim. Div., Tom G. Kontos, Asst. U. S. Atty., Los Angeles, Cal., for appellee.
Before CHAMBERS and TRASK, Circuit Judges, and FREY, District Judge.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
The judgment of conviction for a threat on the life of the President of the United States is affirmed. 18 U.S.C. § 871.
The defendant, incarcerated at Lompoc, California, did not have much capacity to carry out his threat, but the threat is the crime.
The defense was that defendant did not have the requisite intent for the crime. That was a question of fact which he lost.