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Argument with Judge Supported Obstruction Enhancement

By Shari Allison

U.S. v. Judd, 2008 WL 4183920 (9/112/08) (unpub'd) - It was okay to impose an obstruction of justice enhancement where the defendant went to the home of the state judge who issued the warrant in his case, asked the judge to give him a handwriting sample to prove the judge's warrant signature was forged, the judge refused [while offering to look at the warrant and say whether he signed it or not] and a heated argument ensued. The defendant's actions were intimidating enough and it didn't matter that the motion to suppress deadline had passed.

Full post as published by Tenth Circuit Blog on September 16, 2008 (boomark / email).