United States v. Alkhabaz
United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
104 F.3d 1492 (1997)
Relevant factsFree
Alkhabaz and a Canadian correspondent exchanged emails over several months detailing graphic plans to abduct and harm women, driven by a shared sexual interest in violence, and he was indicted under a federal statute criminalizing threatening communications, but the district court quashed the indictment.
IssueFree
Whether a defendant can be convicted for communicating a threat where the defendant did not communicate the threat for the purpose of achieving a goal through intimidation.