The appellants raise numerous issues on appeal. They contend that: 1) the evidence was not sufficient to support their convictions; 2) they should have been tried separately; 3) certain evidence should have been suppressed; 4) the sentencing enhancements for obstruction of justice were improper;...
The Supreme Court on Friday ruled in favor of a man accused of playing a role in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. The justices said prosecutors overstepped when they charged Joseph Fischer with obstruction, and that they need to prove specific actions to charge someone with the crime. Scott MacFarlan...
These measures were enacted in response to Congress's perceived need to strengthen the enforcement of fraud and obstruction of justice offenses contained in Title 18 of the U.S. Code. This article will discuss the Act's mandate to the United States Sentencing Commission (the Commission) and to...
The remaining counts (Seven through Thirteen) charged Kamiyama with the substantive offenses of obstruction of justice through the submission of false documents to the grand jury, 18 U.S.C. § 1503, submitting false documents to the Department of Justice, 18 U.S.C. § 1001, and five counts...
Martin MacNeill was convicted of Michele's murder and obstruction of justice in a widely publicized case involving marital infidelity, sexual abuse, and outward religious devotion. Martin MacNeill was sentenced to 17 years to life. He committed suicide in prison in April 2017. -Excerpt from ...
a death sentence for a sex offender and former cop. she also charged vaughn with obstruction of justice for telling straub that he didn't remember joining the candyman group. then she warned vaughn's lawyers that she would make his client "the national poster boy for child pornography" if ...
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Rather, whatever application Chapman (and, by implication, Jurney) might have in the context of judicial contempt is limited to cases of in-court contempts that constitute direct obstructions of the judicial process and for which summary 723 proceedings remain acceptable. Cf. Marshall, supra, at...
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would have been sufficient to rebut the direct evidence of his participation in a scheme to deal cocaine. Lanter next complains that the district court erred by enhancing his base offense level during sentencing for obstruction of justice. Federal Sentencing Guideline Sec. 3C1.1 provides for a ...