Legal Opinion
Yates v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided February 25, 2015No. 13-7451PublishedCited by 351 opinions
1Judgment of the CourtJustice Ginsburg
John Yates, a commercial fisherman, caught undersized red grouper in federal waters in the Gulf of Mexico. To prevent federal authorities from confirming that he had harvested undersized fish, Yates ordered a crew member to toss the suspect catch into the sea. For this offense, he was charged with, and convicted of, violating 18 U.S.C. § 1519 , which provides:
"Whoever knowingly alters, destroys, mutilates, conceals, covers up, falsifies, or makes a false entry in any record, document, or tangible object with the intent to impede, obstruct, or influence the investigation or proper…
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