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U.S. v. WESTBROOKS

No. 13-4764.

780 F.3d 593 (2015)

UNITED STATES of America, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Tamny WESTBROOKS, Respondent-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: March 13, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Brian D. Boone , Alston & Bird LLP, Charlotte, North Carolina, for Appellant. William Michael Miller , Office of the United States Attorney, Charlotte, North Carolina, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Ross Hall Richardson , Acting Executive Director, Joshua B. Carpenter , Federal Defenders of Western North Carolina, Inc., Asheville, North Carolina; E. Bowen Reichert Shoemaker, Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, Georgia, for Appellant. Anne M. Tompkins , United States Attorney, Amy E. Ray , Assistant United States Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Asheville, North Carolina, for Appellee.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge GREGORY wrote the opinion, in which Chief Judge TRAXLER and Judge AGEE joined.

Appellant Tamny Westbrooks appeals her criminal contempt conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 401(3) for failure to comply with a grand jury subpoena. Westbrooks contends that the district court violated her due process rights by requiring her to prove her advice-of-counsel defense. Because we find that the court did not impermissibly...

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