Legal Opinion
United States v. Allen Ray Johnson
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided September 12, 1979No. 78-5229PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JAMES DICKSON PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge:
The principal issue on this appeal is a narrow one. When a convicted criminal defendant attempts to cause the principal witness against him falsely to recant his testimony while his direct appeal is being prosecuted in a higher court, is a judicial proceeding still pending in the district court so that he may be charged with obstruction of justice under the omnibus clause of 18 U.S.C. § 1503? The district court answered that question in the negative and dismissed the indictment against Allen Ray Johnson. We reverse.
Convicted by a jury of three counts of…
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