Legal Opinion
United States v. James Grap
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided May 7, 2004No. 03-3047PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.
James Grap was convicted of violating 18 U.S.C. § 1512(b)(1) by tampering with a witness during the pendency of an earlier case. Mr. Grap had attempted to influence the testimony of his victim before he pleaded guilty to aggravated sexual abuse pursuant to a plea agreement. Before he pleaded guilty to the witness tampering charge, Mr. Grap filed a motion to dismiss the indictment, contending that the government’s prosecution of this offense violated its plea agreement with him in the earlier case. The district court 1 denied his motion to dismiss, then…
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