Rantala v. State

OPINION

MANNHEIMER, Judge.

John Todd Rantala appeals his conviction for witness tampering.1 This charge was based on three telephone conversations between Rantala and his domestic partner, Terri Mischler. Rantala, who was in jail on a charge of burglary, telephoned Mischler three times on the day before his burglary case was scheduled to come before the grand jury. The State alleged, and the trial jury found, that during these three telephone conversations Rantala “attempted to induce [Mischler] to testify falsely, [or] offer misleading testimony, or unlawfully withhold testimony” at the grand…