James Timothy Overton v. United States

WILLIAM A. McRAE Jr., District Judge:

This is an appeal by James T. Overton from a conviction on the second count of a two count indictment charging a conspiracy to intimidate a witness in a federal prosecution, and the substantive offense of intimidating the witness. The statute involved is 18 U.S.C. § 1503. 1

Richard Hinton was under investigation by the FBI in connection with a bank robbery. He told the agents he had participated in the robbery with Charles Ray Overton, brother of appellant.

Before the date set for the trial of Charles Ray Overton, appellant commenced a series of personal…