Legal Opinion
United States v. Carl Leibowitz
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 15, 1988No. 87-2838PublishedCited by 62 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ESCHBACH, Senior Circuit Judge.
Defendant Carl Leibowitz (“defendant”) was convicted after a jury trial of hiring a “hit man” to kill his business partner. Specifically, he was found guilty of conspiracy to use interstate commerce facilities in the commission of a murder-for-hire (18 U.S.C. § 371), use of interstate commerce facilities in the commission of murder-for-hire (18 U.S.C. § 1952A), obstruction of justice (18 U.S.C. § 1503), and witness tampering (18 U.S.C. § 1512). He appeals from his conviction on several grounds: 1) there was a fatal variance between the indictment, which charged…
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