Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Lopez v. United States
544 U.S. 902
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 2005-03-07
- Topic
- general
How later courts describe this case
- sustaining a witness tampering charge requires, in part, that the government show that the conduct the defendant believed would be discussed by the witness constitutes a federal offense
- “Examples of ‘additional appropriate evidence’ include proof that ... ‘there was a federal investigation in progress at the time of the murder.’ ” (quoting United States v. Stansfield, 101 F.3d 909, 918 & n. 4 (3d Cir.1996)
Citator
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- Cited by
- 5 opinions
LOPEZ
v.
UNITED STATES.
No. 04-8369.
Supreme Court of United States.
March 7, 2005.
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C. A. 2d Cir. Reported below: 372 F. 3d 86. Motion of petitioner for leave to proceed in forma pauperis granted. Certiorari granted, judgments vacated, and cases remanded for further consideration in light of United States v. Booker, 543 U.S. 220 (2005).