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U.S. v. BARFIELD

No. 92-6217.

999 F.2d 1520 (1993)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Kenneth W. BARFIELD, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

September 2, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deborah A. Griffin, Asst. U.S. Atty., Mobile, AL, Thomas E. Booth, Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, for plaintiff-appellant.

Thomas Boller, Mobile, AL, for defendant-appellee.

Before KRAVITCH and HATCHETT, Circuit Judges, and ATKINS, Senior District Judge.

KRAVITCH, Circuit Judge:

The scope of the federal obstruction of justice statute, 18 U.S.C. § 1503,1 is the primary issue in this case. The government appeals the district court's grant of a judgment of acquittal, which was entered pursuant to Fed.R.Crim.P. 29(c) after the jury returned a guilty verdict. We REVERSE and REMAND.

BACKGROUND

Appellee Kenneth Wayne Barfield was a confidential informant (CI) for the government...

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