Court of Appeals of New York

Conviction of defendant for fourth-degree witness tampering is affirmed, where the evidence is sufficient to establish that defendant knew that the confidential informant might testify in a proceeding, and that he wrongfully sought to stop her from doing so via posted communications on the internet that the jury might have reasonably inferred were coded threats intended to induce the confidential informant not to testify.

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• Decided 10/21/2014
• Published 10/21/2014

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• Court of Appeals of New York

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