Authorities Cited: United States Code 18 U.S.C. § 201(b) 18 U.S.C. § 371 18 U.S.C. § 3500(b) Supreme Court 353 U.S. 391 361 U.S. 416 373 U.S. 83 405 U.S. 150, 154 437 U.S. 1 443 U.S. 307, 319 473 U.S. 667, 676-682 507 U.S. 725, 734 514 U.S. 419, 421-438 520 U.S. 461, 467 527 U.S. 263, 280-281 543 U.S. 220, 245 Circuit Courts 515 F.2d 892, 897-898 524 F.2d 421, 427 766 F.2d 1239, 1242 846 F.2d 1384, 1417 924 F.2d 298, 304 924 F.2d 1114, 1117-1118 924 F.2d 1362, 1368 8 F.3d 48, 51 55 F.3d 640, 663 56 F.3d 932, 933-934 116 F.3d 1498, 1514 160 F.3d 732, 741-742 185 F.3d 887, 892 202 F.3d 345, 348 232 F.3d 236, 238 240 F.3d 39, 45 271 F.3d 274, 281 346 F.3d 1148, 1151 349 F.3d 685, 690-691 406 F.3d 717, 721 430 F.3d 1177, 1183 437 F.3d 69, 74 455 F.3d 649, 655 459 F.3d 791, 795 462 F.3d 1169, 1170 478 F.3d 440, 449 479 F.3d 363, 367 486 F.3d 781, 791 488 F.3d 316, 325 490 F.3d 641, 643 515 F.3d 1268, 1273 Federal Sentencing Guidelines U.S.S.G. §2C1.1(a)(1)