Scott v. United States

FARRELL, Associate Judge:

This appeal from appellant’s conviction primarily for obstruction of justice (D.C.Code § 22-722(a)(2) (1989 repl., 1995 cum. supp.)) presents the single question of whether the trial judge properly defined that offense in instructing the jury. We hold that the instruction given properly mirrored the law on the facts of this case. We therefore affirm.

The government’s theory was that appellant had obstructed justice by sending Sher-ice Brown threatening letters designed to dissuade her from testifying against him in criminal proceedings that arose from a complaint of…