Legal Opinion

United States v. Byrd

District Court, S.D. Alabama

Decided April 7, 2014No. Criminal No. 13-0266-WSPublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ORDER

WILLIAM H. STEELE, Chief Judge.

This criminal matter comes before the Court on non-party Gulf Publishing Company, Inc.’s “Motion to Obtain Citizens’ Letters Concerning Sentencing” (doc. 19). The Motion, which is opposed by defendant, has been briefed and is ripe for disposition.

*1146I. Background.

The defendant, James Michael Byrd, is the former Sheriff of Jackson County, Mississippi. In an Information (doc. 1) filed in this District Court on November 25, 2013, Byrd was charged with violating 18- U.S.C. § 1512(b)(3) by engaging in misleading conduct towards a Sheriffs Deputy with the intent to…

2Cases cited17 opinions

Nixon v. Warner Communications, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
Press-Enterprise Co. v. Superior Court of Cal., County of RiversideSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
United States v. AmodeoCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1995
Michael D. Van Etten v. Bridgestone/Firestone, IncCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2001
Anne Anderson v. Cryovac, Inc., Globe Newspaper Company, IntervenorCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1986

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3Cited by2 opinions

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