Lawyer question- need legal citation

[cpamomfromtexas]

Regarding evidence tampering.

What laws are broken and how is it enforced?

[graham4anything]

1. Ask the ACLU-they got Ollie North off, and forever no Iran/Contra can be looked into

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. State or federal law? If state, which one?

There are a lot of different laws, depends on the jurisdiction.

[cpamomfromtexas]

4. Texas but would tampering with evidence

Make it federal?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

6. It would be federal only if the case the evidence pertained to

was part of a federal investigation or prosecution in the first place.

Here is the Texas evidence tampering statute: http://law.onecle.com/texas/penal/37.09.00.html

Here is one of many federal statutes: (relates to witness tampering) http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1512

[rug]

3. Tecas statute.

TEX PE. CODE ANN. § 37.09 : Texas Statutes - Section 37.09: TAMPERING WITH OR FABRICATING PHYSICAL EVIDENCE

http://codes.lp.findlaw.com/txstatutes/PE/8/37/37.09

Play around at the site. You'll find what you need.

[cpamomfromtexas]

5. Thank you!