Legal Opinion

United States v. Walter Leroy Moody, Jr.

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Decided October 9, 1992No. 91-8810PublishedCited by 39 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

K. K. HALL, Circuit Judge:

Walter Leroy Moody, Jr., appeals the judgment of conviction and the sentence imposed on thirteen counts of obstruction of justice and related offenses. We find no error, and we affirm.

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Moody was convicted in 1972 of possessing a pipe bomb and he served three years in federal prison. Beginning in 1985, he initiated a scheme to have the conviction overturned. In an attempt to demonstrate his innocence, he bribed an acquaintance, Julie Linn-West, to say that she had firsthand knowledge that someone else planted the bomb in Moody’s home in 1972. This tangled web soon…

2Cases cited15 opinions

Broadrick v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
Kolender v. LawsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
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United States v. Sam R. Rovetuso, Tommy Hendrix and Juan WilliamsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985
United States v. Gary Lester, United States of America v. Leroy "Obie" McGill United States of America v. Gary "Geek" LesterCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1984

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3Cited by39 opinions

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