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Type
Opinion
Author
Jeffrey S. Sutton
Filed
Oct. 18, 2018
Case
United States v. Robert Doggart
Case status
Decided

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SUTTON, Circuit Judge. Rare is the defendant who insists that we find him guilty. Rarer still is the defendant who gets his way. Robert Doggart is on his way to accomplishing both. After federal agents arrested Doggart for plotting to attack an Islamic community at the foothills of the Catskill Mountains, he attempted to plead guilty to making a threat in interstate…

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