United States v. Ronald Coleman

Wood, Chief Judge.

Ronald Coleman is a former Chicago police officer who turned to crime. In June 2014, he was assigned to a federal drug investigation task force, which was about to execute numerous search and arrest warrants. Shortly before the operations were set to begin, Coleman telephoned one of the targets-a high school acquaintance-to warn him about the raid. That call led to a single charge of obstruction of justice, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1512 (c)(2), and the end of Coleman's law-enforcement career when a jury convicted him. Coleman now argues that he is entitled to a new trial…