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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]
On March 19, 1990, the case ended in acquittal on Obstruction, and in a mistrial on the other counts. [4] He was retried over the summer and convicted on five counts. [ 5 ] and sentenced to six months in prison, 1,000 hours of community service and fined $2,000 on conviction of unlawfully disclosing a Government wiretap and obstructing justice ...
The California Court of Appeal for the First District is one of the first three appellate districts created in 1904 and is located in San Francisco. Its jurisdiction is over the following counties: Alameda, Contra Costa, Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, Marin, Mendocino, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Solano, and Sonoma. [1]
In 2023, nine serving and former police officers were arrested by the FBI on charges related to distribute narcotics, altering and falsifying records of a federal investigation, wire fraud where officers allegedly defrauded money from the police department, civil rights violations and obstruction of justice.
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.
Process crimes are the offenses that "interfere with the procedures and administration of justice". [2] They are prosecuted because they are considered to harm the public interest in the functioning and integrity of the judicial system. [2] There is a broad range of process crimes, covered in the U.S. by a variety of federal and state laws.
The California Department of Justice is a statewide investigative law enforcement agency and legal department of the California executive branch under the elected leadership of the Attorney General of California (AG) which carries out complex criminal and civil investigations, prosecutions, and other legal services throughout the US State of California. [1]
[17] Later that month, they pleaded guilty to state charges of obstruction of justice and conspiracy. [18] Sentencing for the federal charges was originally scheduled for November 14, but a judge delayed proceedings to later in the year. Sentencing was later delayed to 2024. [5]