United States v. Shirley Maggitt and Tommy Maggitt

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• upholding convictions under both statutes when the defendant told the complainant that she knew what the complainant had “said” to a grand jury and that she “stood too much to lose”
• in prosecution for witness tampering under federal statute, it is not necessary to prove actual intimidation of witness, only that defendant endeavored to influence by threats
• “[W]hether a threat had a reasonable tendency to influence the witness is relevant in determining an accused’s state of mind [on a witness tampering charge].” (citing United States v. Harris, 558 F.2d 366, 369 (7th Cir. 1977))
• “In de- termining whether a threat was intended to influence future con- duct under 18 U.S.C. § 1512, it is the endeavor to bring about a forbidden result and not the success in actually achieving the result that is forbidden.”

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