Legal Opinion

United States v. Ben Walter Bashaw, Jr.

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided November 18, 1992No. 92-5152PublishedCited by 47 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BATCHELDER, Circuit Judge.

Defendant Ben Walter Bashaw, Jr. appeals his conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 1503 for obstructing the due administration of justice by making threatening statements to two jurors who had served on the jury in his brother’s trial. We reverse the district court’s conviction of Bashaw because the statute does not apply to Bashaw’s conduct.

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DeWanda Lee and Everett Hutchens were jurors in the trial of United States v. Frederick Bashaw, which was held on September 3-4, 1991. Lee and Hutchens say that defendant Ben Bashaw, Frederick Bashaw’s brother, was staring at the jurors…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Pettibone v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
  2. United States v. Joseph C. Gallo Frederick Graewe Hartmut Graewe, Kevin Joseph McTaggart Angelo A. LonardoCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1985
  3. United States v. Phillip Ray JeterCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1985
  4. United States of America, and Cross-Appellee v. Paul D. Wood, and Cross-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1992
  5. United States v. James R. TiltonCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1983

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3Cited by47 opinions

  1. United States v. Michael I. MonusCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1998
  2. United States v. David Earl Crozier (99-6561) Charles W. Burton (99-6567), United States of America v. Charles W. BurtonCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2001
  3. United States v. VasquezCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2009
  4. United States v. Gene R. "Moon" MullinsCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1994
  5. United States v. Sanford I. AtkinCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1997

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