United States v. Haythem Dawlett

How courts have described this case

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• holding 18 U.S.C. § 1512(a)(1), which proscribes knowingly using physical force or attempting to do so with intent to influence testimony of person in official proceeding, does not reach attempted murder
• distinguishing between “influencing” and “preventing” because “one who attempts to kill a witness does not intend to influence that person’s testimony, but rather to eliminate it entirely”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).