Legal Opinion

United States v. Sam R. Rovetuso, Tommy Hendrix and Juan Williams

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided September 27, 1985No. 83-3302, 83-3303 and 84-1174PublishedCited by 110 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

COFFEY, Circuit Judge.

In 1983, the defendants-appellants, Sam R. Rovetuso, Tommy Hendrix, and Juan Williams, were indicted for and convicted of attempting to interfere with the testimony of a government witness in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1512 (Count I). They were also convicted of obstructing justice under 18 U.S.C. § 1503 (Count II) and conspiring to intimidate a witness (Count IY). They appeal their convictions raising a number of allegedly prejudicial evidentiary rulings and challenging the sufficiency of the evidence. We affirm.

I

The parties stipulated at the defendants’ trial that from…

2Cases cited41 opinions

  1. Estelle v. GambleSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  2. Berger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
  3. Napue v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
  4. United States v. John M. MurphyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985
  5. United States v. Miguel SantiagoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1978

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3Cited by110 opinions

  1. United States v. Arnold Sherlock and Ronald CharleyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1992
  2. United States v. James GarrettCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1990
  3. United States v. Manuel Flores, United States of America v. Juan Raul GarzaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1995
  4. United States v. Thomas J. MaloneyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1996
  5. United States v. David L. HoffmanCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1986

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