United States v. Salazar

RHESA HAWKINS BARKSDALE, Circuit Judge:

Convicted, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1512(b)(2)(A), for using intimidation and threats with the intent to cause a witness to withhold testimony from a pending criminal trial, Juan Francisco Salazar ap peals his conviction and sentence regarding this witness-tampering offense. Primarily at issue is application of 18 U.S.C. § 15120) (increases sentence, where witness-tampering offense occurs in connection with a trial of a criminal case, up to the maximum term that could have been imposed in the trial of the case to which the offense was connected). AFFIRMED.