official-proceeding
6 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23-7668 | Roylee Richardson v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2024-06-07 | Denied | IFP | arthur-andersen-llp-v-united-states criminal-law federal-criminal-procedure federal-statute foreseeability official-proceeding statutory-interpretation subjective-intent witness-tampering | Whether the federal witness tampering statute, 18 U.S.C. § 1512, requires proof that the defendant subjectively contemplated a federal official procee… |
| 23-6413 | Donald Bill Smith v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2024-01-04 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-1512 burden-of-proof circuit-split criminal-procedure criminal-statute drug-conspiracy mens-rea official-proceeding witness-tampering | Whether the witness tampering resulting in death statute, 18 U.S.C. §§1512(a)(1)(A) and (k), requires the Government to prove beyond a reasonable doub… |
| 21-6297 | Henry Cervantes and Jaime Cervantes v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2021-11-16 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing federal-statute jury-trial obstruction-of-justice official-proceeding sentencing sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation | Whether the federal obstruction of justice statute, 18 U.S.C. §1512(c)(2) (obstruction of an official proceeding), can be applied to street level crim… |
| 20-5120 | Giovanni Cotto, aka Monte v. United States | Second Circuit | 2020-07-21 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | burden-of-proof circuit-split criminal-procedure criminal-prosecution federal-statute mens-rea official-proceeding statutory-interpretation witness-retaliation | Whether the government must prove the defendant knew the witness testified at an 'official proceeding' under 18 U.S.C. § 1513(b)(1) |
| 18-6363 | Calvin Bernhardt v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2018-10-17 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-1512 arthur-andersen circuit-split criminal-law federal-statute obstruction-of-justice official-proceeding statutory-interpretation vagueness witness-tampering | Should this Court now define corruptly persuade' and settle the matter for itself and the circuits? |
| 18-5028 | Carolyn J. Edlind v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2018-06-28 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-1512 corrupt-persuasion criminal-intent criminal-law criminal-procedure due-administration-of-justice due-process obstruction-of-justice official-proceeding statutory-interpretation subversion-of-justice sufficiency-of-evidence testimony witness-tampering | Did the court below err in ruling that there was sufficient evidence to convict the Appellant of using corrupt persuasion toward a witness with the in… |