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Evidence Sufficient to Sustain Conspiracy to Kill Informant

By Jonathan Byrne

US v. Ashley: Ashley shared an attorney with Caruso, who had been arrested and charged with drug offenses. When they were both at their attorney's office, Ashley overheard Caruso complaining about Dixon, who had allegedly been arrested and then provided testimony against Caruso. Caruso said he "would love to be able to discredit, you know, dismantle a witness against me." Caruso provided Ashley with a copy of his case file. Ashley then told an associate about Caruso's "problem down in Baltimore," after which the associate went and shot Dixon six times (he survived, "albeit with permanent debilitating injuries"). Caruso paid Ashley $10,000, half of which he passed to the shooter. Ashley was charged with conspiring to kill a witness, conspiring to kill an informant for providing information to law enforcement, and use of a firearm under 924(c)...continue to full post

Full post as published by Fourth Circuit Blog on June 07, 2010 (boomark / email).