UNITED STATES v. BROWN

No. 81-1511X.

688 F.2d 596 (1982)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Wayne K. BROWN, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided March 29, 1982.

As Amended September 24, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard Hertz, Cooper, Hertz & Lyons, Berkeley, Cal., for defendant-appellant.

Robert D. Ward, Asst. U. S. Atty., San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before TRASK, CHOY and SCHROEDER, Circuit Judges.


SCHROEDER, Circuit Judge:

Appellant Brown, a member of the Oakland police force, was convicted of the crime of obstruction of justice under 18 U.S.C. § 1503, for attempting to warn the target of a valid search warrant in order to prevent discovery and seizure of a quantity of heroin. The caption of § 1503 reads "Influencing or injuring officer, juror or witness generally." The statute has two parts. Brown was charged and convicted under the second, or so...

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