holding that lay witness opinion testimony as to whether letters were “threatening” in an 18 U.S.C. § 876 prosecution was unhelpful because jurors could make their own determination on that legal question
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April 10, 1989.
M.D.Tenn., 693 F.Supp. 617.
AFFIRMED
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