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United States v. Ramon Vargas, United States of America v. Raul Chaidez

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided February 7, 1994No. 92-2872, 93-1559PublishedCited by 60 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

REYNOLDS, District Judge.

In these consolidated cases, Raul Chaidez (“Chaidez”) appeals his conviction and sentence on charges of distributing and conspiring to distribute cocaine, and Raymond Vargas (“Vargas”) appeals the sentence imposed as a result of his guilty plea to a charge of distributing cocaine. For reasons stated below, we affirm Chaidez’ conviction but reverse the fine imposed as part of his sentence because of the district court’s failure to make necessary findings. In addition, we reverse Vargas’ sentence because we conclude that the district court incorrectly found him to be a…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. United States v. Miguel SantiagoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1978
  2. United States v. Louis C. Andrus, George E. Collett, William J. Lutson, Billy Ray Whittington, and Larry Thomas WhittingtonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985
  3. United States v. Alan Masters, Michael J. Corbitt, and James D. KeatingCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1991
  4. United States v. William Brown, Danny Brown, Scot Burkhead, Randall Sorrells, and Brian HollenbackCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1991
  5. United States v. Harry C. KaufmannCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1993

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3Cited by60 opinions

  1. United States v. Marina Zarnes, Michael W. Nietupski, Jeffrey L. Hunter, Benny L. Battles, Michael R. Dionne, Marvin G. Bland, and Thomas J. NietupskiCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1995
  2. United States v. Bernard J. Morgano, Dominick Palermo, Nicholas Guzzino, Peter Petros, Sam Nuzzo, Jr. And Samuel GloriosoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1994
  3. United States v. Joseph D. FonesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1995
  4. United States v. MartinezCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2008
  5. United States v. Alfred Dillard and Marco GarzaCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1994

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