United States v. Scoratow

SORG, District Judge.

Defendant was indicted under 18 U.S. C. § 1503. The indictment charged that he “by threats endeavored to influence, obstruct and impede the due administration of justice” by threatening to kill Eugene Friedman, his wife and family, if any information of an incriminating nature was divulged against one Marko Scoratow by Friedman to the Federal Bureau of Investigation during an investigation of Marko Scoratow which it was conducting and in which Friedman was a witness for the United States. Defendant has moved to dismiss the indictment.

Section 1503 of Title 18 provides as…