United States v. Jacob De La Fuente

How courts have described this case

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• holding that the \threat to injure\ prong of § 876(c) categorically constitutes a \threatened use of physical force\ for purposes of 18 U.S.C. § 16(a)
• concluding that a threat of anthrax poisoning constituted a “threatened use of physical force” because the defendant’s “letters clearly threatened death by way of physical contact with anthrax spores”
• concluding that a threat of anthrax poisoning constitutes a “threatened use of physical force” because the defendant’s “letters clearly threatened death by way of physical contact with anthrax spores”
• concluding that a threat of anthrax poisoning constituted a \threatened use of physical force\ because the defendant's \letters clearly threatened death by way of physical contact with anthrax spores\
• holding that poisoning a victim was a crime of violence
• stating that “[a]n error cannot be plain where there is no controlling authority on point”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).