U.S. Supreme Court
May 28, 2011
Witness Tampering Law Fine-Tuned
The U.S. Supreme Court fine-tuned the witness tampering law in a highly technical opinion Thursday by specifying what the government needs to prove about a slain person's communications.
The underlying case involves a defendant's witness tampering conviction for killing a police officer who discovered his robbery plot. The court held 7-2 that, to prove a violation of the witness tampering statute, the government must show a reasonable likelihood the officer would have communicated wit...
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