Legal Opinion
United States v. Edwards
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 24, 2017No. 16-2253PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAMILTON, Circuit Judge.
Defendant-Appellant Enkhchimeg UM-bayar Edwards goes by the nickname Eni Edwards. She was 'charged with two counts of witness tampering in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1512(b)(3) (Counts I and II) and two counts of making false statements on an official questionnaire for federal employment in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1001(a)(2) (Counts III and IV). A jury convicted Edwards on all four counts. The trial judge, who was skeptical about both the strength of the government’s evidence and whether the case merited criminal prosecution, imposed a below-guideline sentence of two…
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