United States v. Aguilar
Supreme Court of the United States
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Rehnquist
A jury convicted United States District Judge Robert Aguilar of one count of illegally disclosing a wiretap in violation of 18 U. S. C. § 2232(c), and of one count of endeavoring to obstruct the due administration of justice in violation of § 1503. A panel of the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed the conviction under § 2232(c) but reversed the conviction under § 1503. After rehearing en banc, the Court of Appeals reversed both convictions. We granted certio-rari to resolve a conflict among the Federal Circuits over whether § 1503 punishes false statements made to potential grand…
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