Cason ‘Casey’ Moreland, Obstruction of Justice, Tennessee 2023

A former Nashville General Sessions Judge has been accused of obstructing a federal investigation into his alleged wrongdoing.

Cason ‘Casey’ Moreland, 59, of Nashville, Tenn., was indicted by a federal grand jury on five counts of obstruction of justice, announced Jack Smith, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee.

Moreland was initially arrested on March 28, 2017, pursuant to a criminal complaint charging him with several obstruction charges.

According to the indictment, Moreland was a General Sessions Judge in Nashville, Tenn. and in February 2017, he became aware that he was a target of an investigation being conducted by the FBI and a federal grand jury.

The indictment alleges that after learning of the nature of the investigation, Moreland took steps to obstruct and interfere with the investigation by devising a scheme to pay a material witness to recant her previous statements, which implicated his alleged criminal conduct in trading sex for judicial favors.

The scheme included Moreland’s attempt to disguise his involvement in the obstruction by using a burner phone registered in a fictitious name and communicating only through an individual who subsequently became an informant, working at the direction of the FBI.

Counts 1, 2 & 5 of the indictment carry a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison. Counts 3 & 4 carry a maximum of 10 years in prison. Each count also carries a fine of up to $250,000.

An indictment is merely an accusation. The defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in a court of law.

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