Legal Opinion
United States v. Robert Johnston
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided June 5, 1998No. 97-6146PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TACHA, Circuit Judge.
Robert Johnston was a defense attorney in Oklahoma City. Richard Jarvis, a drug dealer who previously had used Johnston for legal representation on other matters, asked Johnston to lie on Jarvis’s behalf by telling two men to whom Jarvis owed drug money that Jarvis had been arrested. The purpose of the false story was to deter the two men from making further contact with Jarvis. Johnston complied with Jarvis’s request, and Jarvis was never bothered again about the money he owed. Thereafter, Jarvis continued to deal drugs. For his lies, Johnston was convicted of one count…
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