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Obstruction of justice is an umbrella term covering a variety of specific crimes. [1] Black's Law Dictionary defines it as any "interference with the orderly administration of law and justice". [2] Obstruction has been categorized by various sources as a process crime, [3] a public-order crime, [4] [5] or a white-collar crime. [6]
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James B. Black, former Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives, gave an Alford plea in 2007 on charges brought by the state of North Carolina of obstruction of justice and bribery. [ 24 ] [ 33 ] Black was accused of bribing former state Representative Michael Decker $50,000 to switch his political allegiance, thereby keeping ...
These crimes include failure to appear, false statements, obstruction of justice, contempt of court and perjury. Process crimes are sometimes a basis for a "pretextual prosecution", in which prosecutors bring process crime charges against a defendant in order to punish them for another crime for which a conviction is more difficult to obtain.
Virginia Bridges covers criminal justice in the Triangle and across North Carolina for The News & Observer. Her work is produced with financial support from the nonprofit The Just Trust.
The North Carolina Court of Appeals has vacated the convictions of a former Granville County deputy, who spent more than a year in prison. In February 2022, a jury found Chad Coffey guilty of ...
United States federal obstruction of justice law (1 C, 2 P) Pages in category "Obstruction of justice" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total.
American people convicted of obstruction of justice (1 C, 55 P) Pages in category "People convicted of obstruction of justice" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.