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Olmstead v. United States, 277 U.S. 438 (1928), was a decision of the Supreme Court of the United States, on the matter of whether wiretapping of private telephone conversations, conducted by federal agents without a search warrant with recordings subsequently used as evidence, constituted a violation of the target’s rights under the Fourth and Fifth Amendments.
[2] Evidence tampering "generally refers to physical evidence and is not founded on false statements or the concealment of information by false statements." [ 1 ] It falls within the broader set of obstruction of justice -related offenses; others include perjury , bribery , destruction of government property, contempt , and escape.
[60] The salary and benefits of an elected public employee are not "property" for the purposes of the mail and wire fraud statutes, [61] but the salary and benefits of an unelected public employee are. [62] One intangible form of property recognized under the mail and wire fraud statutes is the right to control the disposition of government ...
Mar. 4—Police arrested Lah Soe, 18, for motor vehicle tampering and THC possession under age 21 after receiving a report at 1:24 p.m. Sunday of a male rummaging through a vehicle at 722 Freeborn ...
In United States jurisdictions, obstruction of justice refers to a number of offenses that involve unduly influencing, impeding, or otherwise interfering with the justice system, especially the legal and procedural tasks of prosecutors, investigators, or other government officials.
Some states still use the term "accessory after the fact"; others no longer use the term, but have comparable laws against hindering apprehension or prosecution, obstruction of justice, tampering with evidence, harboring a felon, or the like. Such crimes usually require proving (1) an intent to hinder apprehension or prosecution and (2) actual ...
Acts that conceal, corrupt, or destroy evidence can be considered spoliation of evidence and/or tampering with evidence. Spoliation is usually the civil-law/due-process variant, may involve intent or negligence, may affect the outcome of a case in which the evidence is material, and may or may not result in criminal prosecution.
Buoyed by promised pardons of their brethren for their Jan. 6 crimes and by Trump’s embrace of popular extremist far-right figures, those groups will likely see a resurgence after January ...