McElfresh v. State
Annotate this CaseDefendant was charged with twelve counts of various sex offenses. The charges arose from allegations made by three young girls. While Defendant was in jail awaiting his guilty plea hearing, he wrote an “intimidating and coercive” letter to the mother of one of the child victims. As a result of this letter, Defendant was charged with felony attempted obstruction of justice. The trial court found Defendant guilty of the charge and sentenced him to 600 days. The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant’s conviction and sentence for attempted obstruction of justice, holding (1) sufficient evidence supported the conviction; and (2) the trial court failed to properly consider Defendant’s participation in various program while incarcerated as a mitigating factor, but the error was harmless.
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