United States v. Waloke

The Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of defendant's post-trial motion for judgment of acquittal or new trial and sentence of three months in prison for harboring or concealing a person from arrest. The court held that the evidence was sufficient to support the jury's finding that defendant assisted the criminal by providing shelter while he was hiding from law enforcement and that she intended to prevent his discovery and arrest. In this case, defendant's delay in allowing the officers to enter and search the house, regardless of its duration, together with her false statements to investigators, support a finding that she intentionally harbored and concealed the criminal. The court rejected defendant's alternative contention that the district court abused its discretion in denying the motion for new trial. Finally, it was not a miscarriage of justice to convict her when a jury acquitted a codefendant. View "United States v. Waloke" on Justia Law