Legal Opinion
United States v. Rico Williams
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided September 2, 2016No. 12-3029PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Concurring opinion filed by Circuit Judge KAVANAUGH.
Opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part filed by Circuit Judge HENDERSON.
GRIFFITH, Circuit Judge
Army Sergeant Juwan Johnson died in July 2005 after participating in a violent hazing ritual near Ramstein Air Force Base in Germany. A jury convicted appellant' Rico Williams of second-degree murder and witness tampering for his role in the hazing and in covering up information about Johnson’s death. We affirm Williams’s conviction for witness tampering, but we reverse his murder conviction.
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Rico Williams was stationed at Ramstein Air…
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