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U.S. v. HOWARD

No. 07-1712.

540 F.3d 905 (2008)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Derrick D. HOWARD, also known as Black Italian Snake, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: August 29, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Earl Woods, argued, O'Fallon, MO, for appellant.

Angela Scott, AUSA, argued, Kit R. Morrissey, AUSA, on the brief, Fairview Heights, IL, for appellee.

Before WOLLMAN, BEAM, and RILEY, Circuit Judges.

WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.

Derrick Howard was convicted by a jury of obstruction of justice, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1503, threatening to murder an Assistant United States Attorney, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 115(a)(1)(B), and three counts of using a facility of interstate commerce to commit murder-for-hire, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1958. These charges arose from an elaborate scheme that Howard orchestrated from prison to have three persons murdered...

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