United States v. Faulkner

HARTZ, Circuit Judge.

Mario Faulkner, Antonyo Ladarrell Rodgers, and Maurice Anthony Peters were charged in the United States District Court for the District of Kansas in a two-count indictment with attempt (Count 1) and conspiracy (Count 2) to murder She-drick Kimbrel to prevent him from testifying in the federal kidnapping trial of Demetrius R. Hargrove. See 18 U.S.C. §§ 371, 1512(a). Peters pleaded guilty to Count 2 and agreed to cooperate with the prosecution. Mr. Faulkner and Mr. Rodgers (Appellants) went to trial. At the close of the evidence, the district court granted their motion to…