Legal Opinion
United States v. Lorenzo Harris-Thompson
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided May 2, 2014No. 12-3816, 13-1021PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOKEN, Circuit Judge.
While he awaited sentencing after pleading guilty to being an unlawful drug user in possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(3) and 924(a)(2), Lorenzo Harris-Thompson arranged for his girlfriend to pay an undercover police officer to kill the police chief of Mount Vernon, Iowa, because he believed that officer would testify at the upcoming sentencing hearing. New charges were filed, and a jury convicted Harris-Thompson of attempted obstruction of justice, attempted murder of a witness, and use of a telephone in the commission of murder for hire,…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Hamling v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Remmer v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- United States v. GagnonSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- United States v. HilandCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1990
- United States v. BridgesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2009
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