Legal Opinion
United States v. Salem
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 25, 2009No. 08-2034PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TINDER, Circuit Judge.
After a hotly contested jury trial, Anas Salem was convicted of witness intimidation, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1512(b)(2)(A), and possessing a firearm in furtherance of that offense, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A)(ii). On appeal, he argues that he deserves a new trial because, until it was too late to be useful, the government failed to turn over evidence that its star witness, Carlos Lopez, was involved in a murder for which he has never been charged. The first hint Salem had of this potential murder charge came moments before Salem was to be sentenced when…
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