Legal Opinion
United States v. Willie Tyler, A/K/A "Little Man" Willie Tyler
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided February 11, 2002No. 01-1119PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
SCIRICA, Circuit Judge.
The central issue on appeal is the constitutionality of the federal witness tampering statute, 18 U.S.C. § 1512. A jury convicted Willie Tyler of violating the witness tampering statute by murdering a potential federal witness. Tyler claims error in the admission of a statement he submitted in connection with a previous sentencing. He also challenges several rulings of the trial court. We will affirm.
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