CHANDLER

v.

UNITED STATES

Citator

Cited By

• United States v. Davis, 752 F.2d 963 (5th Cir. 1985)
  …is one who knows or is expected to know material facts and is expected to testify to them or to be called on to testify.” Berardi, 675 F. 2d at 903 (emphasis added) (citing United States v. Chandler, 604 F. 2d 972, 974 (5th Cir.1979), cert. dism’d, 444 U.S. 1104, 100 S.Ct. 1074, 63 L.Ed.2d 317 (1980)). This Court has indicated that whether a person is a witness for § 1503 purposes [*974] must be determined by substance, not form. Chandler, supra, at 974. One may be a witness even if not yet under formal sub…
• United States v. Berardi, 675 F.2d 894 (7th Cir. 1982)
  …er section 1503. A “witness” under section 1503 is one who knows or is expected to know material facts and is expected to testify to them or to be called on to testify. United States v. Chandler, 604 F. 2d 972, 974 (5th Cir. 1979), cert. dismissed, 444 U.S. 1104, 100 S.Ct. 1074, 63 L.Ed.2d 317 (1980); United States v. Griffin, 463 F. 2d 177, 179 (10th Cir.), cert. denied, 409 U.S. 988, 93 S.Ct. 34, 34 L.Ed.2d 254 (1972); United States v. Grunewald, 233 F. 2d 556, 571 (2d Cir. 1956), rev’d on other grounds,…

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• United States v. Risken, 788 F.2d 1361 (8th Cir. 1986)
  …ness status has been expansively construed and applied. See, e.g., United States v. Chandler, 604 F. 2d 972, 974 (5th Cir.1979) (rejecting limitation of “witness” for purposes of § 1503 to only while case is pending in trial court), cert. dismissed, 444 U.S. 1104, 100 S.Ct. 1074, 63 L.Ed.2d 317 (1980); United States v. Jackson, 168 U.S.App.D.C. 198, 513 F. 2d 456, 460 (1975) (fact that witness was discharged is immaterial to witness status for purposes of § 1503). In addition, § 1512 is expressly not limited…