Opinion ID: 162885
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Heading: The Conduct, the Indictment, and the Plea

Text: 4 Prior to his arrest, Mr. Gilgert was a part-time janitor who was an out-patient at the Valley Mental Health Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah. On March 28, 2001, Mr. Gilgert telephoned a counselor at the hospital and left a voice message, in which Mr. Gilgert threatened to kill President [George W.] Bush, as well as Mr. Gilgert's case manager and the facility manager, if action was not taken on his behalf. Rec vol. IV, def's ex. A, at 1 (Memorandum of Record re Jay B. Gilgert threat against President Bush, case workers, dated March 28, 2001). Subsequently, a federal grand jury indicted Mr. Gilgert for making, [o]n or about March 28, 2001, a threat to inflict bodily harm against the President of the United States[ ] in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 871(a). Rec. vol. 1, doc. 16, at 1-2 (Indictment, filed Sept. 12, 2001). Mr. Gilgert waived his right to trial and entered a plea of not guilty only by reason of insanity. The district court accepted Mr. Gilgert's plea, finding him not guilty only by reason of insanity. After a hearing, the district court ordered Mr. Gilgert committed to a mental hospital for a psychological examination and report.