Witness Tampering Conviction Affirmed

US v. Stroup, 2008 WL 2914964, 7/30/08 - Friend's testimony, along with a letter written by the defendant to the friend soliciting him to "truthfully" testify that money the defendant wired to the friend was to allow friend to get his car fixed (instead of buying drugs with it), that mentioned witness tampering, and asked the friend to destroy the letter and not to tell anyone about it, was sufficient to support conviction for witness tampering under 18 USC 1512(b).