U.S. v. Golding, No. 98-4281 (4th Cir.) (168 F.3d 700) (February 17, 1999) (Judge H. Emory Jr. Widener)
Here the Court held that the prosecutrix's intimidation of a potential witness with threats of prosecution for drug charges, which caused her to refuse to testify, was highly improper and sufficiently prejudicial to warrant reversal of a conviction.
Proving that Government intimidation of witnesses is not the "isolated lapse" that ...
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