Wise v. Commonwealth

JAMES W. BENTON, JR., Judge.

The trial judge convicted Luther Lee Wise of obstructing justice in violation of Code § 18.2—160(C). Wise contends Code § 18.2-460(C) is unconstitutional, in violation of the First and Fourteenth Amendments, both facially and as applied to him. We hold the statute is not constitutionally infirm, and we affirm the conviction.

I

A grand jury indicted Wise for felony obstruction of justice, in violation of Code § 18.2-160(C). In pertinent part, this subsection of the statute provides as follows:

If any person by threats of bodily harm ... knowingly attempts to intimidate…