18-usc-1512
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 1. 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 d… |
| 23-685 | Devaughn Dorsey v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2023-12-26 | Denied | Response Waived | 18-usc-1512 18-usc-924 crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause firearm-use firearms sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation witness-tampering | A. Whether Petitioner's conviction for using a firearm during a crime of violence must be vacated because the predicate conviction for witness tamperi… |
| 22-7763 | Michael Aaron Stuker v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2023-06-12 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-1512 18-usc-924 crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation threat-of-force witness-tampering | Whether witness tampering under 18 U.S.C. § 1512(a)(2)(A) is a crime of violence under the elements clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A), where no eleme… |
| 21-7530 | Paul M. Weadick v. United States | First Circuit | 2022-04-04 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-1512 circuit-split criminal-procedure federal-statute federal-witness-tampering fowler-v-united-states reasonable-likelihood specific-intent statutory-interpretation witness-tampering | The federal witness tampering statute, 18 U.S.C. § 1512, permits conviction of any individual who "prevent[s] the communication by any person to a [Fe… |
| 20-6484 | Willie Tyler v. United States | Third Circuit | 2020-12-01 | Denied | IFP | 18-usc-1512 communication-prevention criminal-prosecution federal-jurisdiction federal-statute federal-witness-tampering fowler-v-united-states reasonable-likelihood specific-intent witness-tampering | The federal witness tampering statute, 18 U.S.C. § 1512, permits conviction of any individual who "prevent [s] the communication by any person to a [F… |
| 19-433 | Patrick Emanuel Sutherland v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2019-10-02 | Denied | 18-usc-1512 false-statements grand-jury nexus-requirement obstruction-of-justice obstruction-of-justice-18-usc-1512-c-2 plain-error plain-error-review prosecutorial-misconduct | 1. When a defendant makes false statements to a United States Attorney's Office in an effort to persuade that Office to decline prosecution, does the … | |
| 18-9661 | William Kostopoulos v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2019-06-13 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-1512 criminal-procedure criminal-statute federal-jurisdiction federal-nexus law-enforcement mens-rea misdemeanor obstruction-of-justice statutory-interpretation | WHETHER A DEFENDANT'S GENERAL DENIAL TO STATE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS THAT HE COMMITTED A MISDEMEANOR OFFENSE IS SUFFICIENT TO MEET THE FEDERAL NEXUS… |
| 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 | 1. A person can be guilty under 18 U.S.C. § 1512(b) if he "corruptly persuades" someone else to withhold testimony or an object from an official proce… |
| 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 | Appellant was indicted for witness tampering under 18 U.S.C. § 1512(b)(1), which states someone is guilty if they "knowingly use intimidation, threate… |