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152800P.pdf   08/19/2016  United States  v.  Lona Lee Colhoff
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  15-2800
   U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota - Rapid City   
   [PUBLISHED] [Colloton, Author, with Riley, Chief Judge, and Kelly, 
   District Judge] 
   Criminal case - Criminal law. Defendant's witness tampering and conspiracy 
   charges were interrelated and were properly joined; evidence was 
   sufficient to support defendant's conviction for witness tampering; the 
   context in the case supports a conclusion that defendant's statement to a 
   government witness - "Snitches get stiches - would reasonably cause 
   someone in the witness's position to fear bodily harm and the statement 
   was a true threat and was not protected by the First Amendment.