Poe, Jimmie D. v. United States

In the United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit ____________ No. 04-3697 JIMMIE D. POE, SR., Petitioner-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Respondent-Appellee. ____________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois. No. 01 C 398—William D. Stiehl, Judge. ____________ ARGUED APRIL 11, 2006—DECIDED NOVEMBER 6, 2006 ____________ Before FLAUM, Chief Judge, and BAUER and SYKES, Circuit Judges. SYKES, Circuit Judge. On June 1, 1999, the Supreme Court held that the predicate drug law violations underly- ing a conviction for violating the…