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U.S. v. PEOPLES

Nos. 00-1618, 00-1658.

250 F.3d 630 (2001)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Cornelius PEOPLES, Appellant. United States of America, Appellee, v. Xavier Lightfoot, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: May 18, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William C. Odle, Kansas City, MO, argued, for appellant Cornelius E. Peoples.

Susan McCarthy, Kansas City, MO, argued, for appellant Xavier Lightfoot.

Mark A. Miller, Kansas City, MO, argued (Matt J. Whitworth, on the brief), for appellee.

Before WOLLMAN, Chief Judge, McMILLIAN, and RICHARD S. ARNOLD, Circuit Judges.

WOLLMAN, Chief Judge.

Cornelius Peoples and Xavier Lightfoot were convicted of aiding and abetting the murder of a federal government witness in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1512(a)(1)(A), 1512(a)(1)(C), 1512(a)(2), and 1111. The district court sentenced each of them to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. Both defendants appeal their convictions. We reverse and remand for a new trial.

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In December of 1997, Lightfoot was...

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