Influence A Public Servant
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Appeals court says man cannot escape conviction for attempting to influence public servant by blaming mom
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Colorado’s second-highest court ruled on Thursday that the crime of attempting to influence a public servant does not require the defendant to personally be the one making the deceptive statement. In answering the question for the first time, a three-judge panel for the Court of Appeals upheld a man’s conviction despite his effort to blame…