Legal Opinion
United States v. Cornelius Peoples, United States of America v. Xavier Lightfoot
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided May 18, 2001No. 00-1618, 00-1658PublishedCited by 108 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOLLMAN, Chief Judge.
Cornelius Peoples and Xavier Lightfoot were convicted of aiding and abetting the murder of a federal government witness in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1512(a)(1)(A), 1512(a)(1)(C), 1512(a)(2), and 1111. The district court sentenced each of them to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. Both defendants appeal their convictions. We reverse and remand for a new trial.
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In December of 1997, Lightfoot was arrested and charged with the robbery of a federally insured credit union in Omaha, Nebraska, based on information supplied by Jovan Ross, who shared a house with…
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