Friends in High Places is a gameplay achievement for Red Dead Redemption.
The official description of the achievement is: "Use the Pardon Letter with more than $5,000 Bounty in Single Player."
This achievement has a value of 10 gamerscore for Xbox360.
Tips and Tricks
A simple way to rack up the a Bounty without risking death is to climb on top of the Saloon in Armadillo via the small jump outside of the Player's room. From here the Player can easily take people out and get towards that $5000 Bounty. Although, by the time you have cleared the town and the Lawmen have stopped bringing justice, the player will only have amounted rougly $1000 to thier bounty. The Player should then travel to MacFarlane's Ranch and use the same technique above atop the Sheriff's department by using the stairs located inside. The player should then travel back to Armadillo after saving (On a seperate save is reccomended if the Player doesn't want to stay with the results) and repeat the technique. After 2-3 visits to Armadillo, the player should have amounted $5000+ which should then be cleared using a Pardon Letter at any Telegraph Office.
It is reccomended that the Player uses a dud save as the aftermath will leave the Player with the lowest possible Honor and a wasted Pardon Letter. (Unless the player uses a bandana which you can buy at a tailor. Also pardon letters will be randomly found by looting bodies and finishing story missions. Seth will give you one to clear a 20 dollar bounty. Insted pay cash and keep the letter.)
Aside from this, it might be something to take into consideration that 100% fame will result in receiving only half of the amount of the bounty that you would with less fame. Spend the $25 on the bandana and let loose before you get to full fame!