Legal Opinion
United States v. Chris Warren Nilsen
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided August 4, 1992No. 90-5950PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Per curiam
Chris Nilsen appeals from a judgment of conviction and sentence from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida on three counts of mailing a threatening letter with intent to extort a thing of value in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 876. The primary issue is whether the testimony of a government witness in a criminal investigation constitutes a “thing of value” within the meaning of § 876. We conclude that the statutory language of § 876 encompasses the extortion of intangible objectives such as the prevention of a witness from testifying in a criminal trial, and…
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