Legal Opinion

United States v. Hall

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided June 17, 2010No. 09-2682, 09-2470PublishedCited by 33 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HAMILTON, Circuit Judge.

In the spring of 2008, appellant Shamonte Hall believed he had stumbled upon a great criminal opportunity. A disgruntled drug courier asked if he would help him rob a drug stash house under armed guard. For the help, the courier told him, Hall and his crew would get a share of the several kilograms of cocaine hidden in the stash house, which they could then sell for a profit.

It was too good to be true. The drug courier was actually an undercover agent, the stash house was a fiction, there were no drugs to steal, and Hall and his crew were arrested shortly before they…

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. Mathews v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
  2. Jacobson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
  3. United States v. Robert MykytiukCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2005
  4. United States v. BriscoeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1990
  5. United States v. Anthony J. Demma, United States of America v. Henry BrulayCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1975

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3Cited by33 opinions

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  3. United States v. Rondale ChapmanCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2012
  4. United States v. BarnesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2011
  5. United States v. CourtlandCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2011

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