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· 8/30/1991

Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 96,210 United States of America v. Danny O. Cherif

Citations

  • 943 F.2d 692
  • 1991 U.S. App. LEXIS 20221
  • 1991 WL 165668

How courts have described this case

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  • noting that the use of jury instructions informing the jury of the need for an unanimous verdict can cure an otherwise duplicitous indictment
  • finding that a letter to a co-conspirator advising her that she did “not know anything” about their fraudulent scheme was a “subtle and somewhat clever attempt to tell her, ‘Don’t spill the beans’ ” and justified a § 3C1.1 enhancement
  • letter saying, “You know you’re innocent and there is no way conceivable that you could have known any‐ thing about anything” was obstruction because it was a lie, and thus an attempt to influence the witness not to disclose what she knew
  • letter saying, “You know you’re innocent and there is no way conceivable that you could have known any‐ thing about anything” was obstruction because it was a lie, and thus an attempt to influence the witness not to disclose what she knew

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Judges: Manion, Kanne, Grant

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