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Sufficiency of Evidence

By: Derek Hawkins//August 29, 2017//

Sufficiency of Evidence

By: Derek Hawkins//August 29, 2017//

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7th Circuit Court of Appeals

Case Name: United States of America v. Enkhchimeg Ulziibayar “Eni” Edwards

Case No.: 16-2253

Officials: WOOD, Chief Judge, and MANION and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges

Focus: Sufficiency of Evidence

Edwards has appealed her convictions, raising three issues. She argues that the witness tampering statute, § 1512(b)(3), is void for vagueness. She also argues that the evidence was insufficient to support any of the four counts of conviction. We reject both of these arguments and affirm Edwards’s false statement convictions, Counts III and IV.

To summarize, then, we AFFIRM Edwards’s convictions under Counts III and IV but VACATE Edwards’s sentence on those counts and REMAND for resentencing. We VACATE Edwards’s convictions and sentences under Counts I and II and REMAND for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.

Affirmed in part. Vacated and Remanded in part.

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Attorney Derek A. Hawkins is the managing partner at Hawkins Law Offices LLC, where he heads up the firm’s startup law practice. He specializes in business formation, corporate governance, intellectual property protection, private equity and venture capital funding and mergers & acquisitions. Check out the website at www.hawkins-lawoffices.com or contact them at 262-737-8825.

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