091552P.pdf   09/02/2010  United States  v.  Robert Beale
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  09-1552
                          and No:  09-1556
                          and No:  09-1558
   U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota - St. Paul   
   [PUBLISHED] [Bye, Author, with Beam and Colloton, Circuit Judges]
   Criminal case - criminal law and sentencing. Evidence was sufficient
   to support defendants' convictions for conspiring to impede a judicial
   officer in the discharge of her duties and for obstruction of justice; the
   First Amendment does not protect a true threat, and defendants'
   convictions did not violate their First Amendment rights; no error in
   refusing defendant Beale's instructions on his religious beliefs as they
   were not placed at issue in the trial; district court did not err in
   determining defendant Beale knowingly and intelligently waived his right
   to counsel; district court considered relevant Sec. 3553(a) factors at
   sentencing; failure to call the judge who was the object of the threats did
   not violate defendants' Sixth Amendment Confrontation Clause rights.