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United States v. Amaya

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided June 3, 2016No. 14-2617PublishedCited by 33 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.

For a time, Juan Amaya was a ranking officer in the Latin Kings, a vicious and well-organized street gang whose structure and operations we have previously described in detail. See generally United States v. Garcia, 754 F.3d 460, 465-68 (7th Cir. 2014). A jury convicted him of drug-*521related crimes (distributing cocaine, possessing cocaine with the intent to distribute it, and carrying a gun in furtherance of his cocaine distribution) and organized-gang-related crimes (conspiring to conduct racketeering activity and aiding and abetting a violent crime in aid of…

2Cases cited26 opinions

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3Cited by33 opinions

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