KNOXVILLE — Sex, lies and audiotape.
That will be the crux of the federal case against disgraced former Knox County Criminal Court Judge Richard Baumgartner this week, with jury selection to begin today.
Assistant U.S. Attorneys David Lewen and Zachary Bolitho have filed various motions indicating how they intend to prove Baumgartner is guilty of seven counts of misprision of a felony for allegedly lying to cover up a drug conspiracy involving his pill-supplier and mistress Deena Castleman.
Read the complete article at knoxnews.com
Iwanttoknow writes:
October 27, 2012
11:52 AM
A person was not obliged to disclose his knowledge of a felony where the disclosure would tend to incriminate him of that offence or another.[2]
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With the development of the modern law, this crime has been discarded in many jurisdictions, and is generally only applied against persons placed in a special position of authority or responsibility. In this case, the offence of misfeasance in public office or malfeasance in public office may be considered instead. For example, corrections officers who stand idly by while drug trafficking occurs within the prison may be prosecuted for this crime.
which would apply here ????