Obstruction of Justice (PD 1829)

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1. Can Section1(h) cover a threat aimed at a witness’s immediate family to prevent the witness appearing?
2. An author openly uses a pen name for an ordinary novel, with no obstructive purpose or crime connection. Is that fact a…
3. A person knowingly disrupts a criminal proceeding to delay prosecution. He argues Section1(e) applies only to destroyin…
4. A suspect publicly adopts a false identity specifically to evade execution of an existing criminal judgment. He argues …
5. A person threatens to burn a witness’s sibling’s home unless the witness avoids a criminal hearing. The knowing obstruc…
6. Explain the purpose limitation distinguishing ordinary pseudonym use from Section1(d) obstruction.
7. Distinguish evidence interference from process obstruction under PD1829 without assuming both are required in every cas…
8. Explain why Section1(h) can reach a threat directed at the witness’s immediate family rather than at the witness person…