United States Seventh Circuit

Conviction for obstructing a government investigation is affirmed where: 1) defendant did not attempt to corruptly persuade a third party to destroy an affidavit, therefore the nexus requirement of Arthur Andersen, L.L.P. v. United States, 544 U.S. 696 (2005) was not relevant; 2) the charge involved two statutes that did not overlap, thus there was no multiplicity in the indictment; and 3) the actions of the district court judge cured any concerns about a duplicitous indictment.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/30/2006
• Decided 12/22/2006
• Published 12/22/2006

Judges

• KANNE, Circuit Judge., Before POSNER, KANNE, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Thomas Edward Leggans (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Benton, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Phillip J. Kavanaugh (argued), Office of the Federal Public Defender, East St. Louis, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.