U.S. v. CLIFT

No. 86-5593.

834 F.2d 414 (1987)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James Conlan CLIFT, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided December 7, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Beth Mina Farber, Asst. Federal Public Defender, Stephen J. Cribari, Deputy Federal Public Defender (Fred Warren Bennett, Federal Public Defender, Baltimore, Md., on brief), for defendant-appellant.

John Fitcher DePue, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., (Samuel T. Currin, U.S. Atty., Raleigh, N.C., Deborah Watson, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., on brief), for plaintiff-appellee.

Before CHAPMAN and WILKINS, Circuit Judges, and BOYLE, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of North Carolina, sitting by designation.


WILKINS, Circuit Judge:

James Conlan Clift appeals his conviction for conspiracy to retaliate against a witness in violation of 18 U.S.C.A. § 371 (West 1966) and retaliation against a witness in violation of 18 U.S.C.A. § 1513 (West 1984). We affirm.

I.

Clift was a Navy Commander assigned as chaplain to a military hospital. In March 1985, Gary Shue, a Navy enlisted man stationed at Camp LeJeune, North Carolina, became acquainted with Clift...

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