A federal appeals court threw out a nine-year sentence for a former federal agent who was romantically involved with a suspected terrorist, in light of a recent US Supreme Court ruling on obstruction offenses for Jan. 6 Capitol rioters.
A three-judge panel for the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit found that former Naval Criminal Investigative Service agent Leatrice DeBruhl-Daniels’ convictions for obstruction of justice could no longer stand, following the Supreme Court’s ruling in June narrowing the scope of that criminal law.
The panel found Oct. 11 that the federal government provided “scant support” to show that ...
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