Legal Opinion

United States v. Artemio Vega, Glenn Early, Erwin Rios, and Adolfo Medina

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided December 11, 1995No. 93-3074, 93-3841, 94-1171 and 94-2780PublishedCited by 106 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BAUER, Circuit Judge.

After a two-week trial, a jury convicted Artemio Vega, Glenn Early, Erwin Rios, and Adolfo Medina of' conspiracy to distribute multi-kilogram quantities of cocaine in violation of 21 U.S:C. § 846, and possession with intent to distribute cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1). All four defendants appealed, raising joint and individual challenges to their convictions. We affirm.

BACKGROUND

Vega, Early, Rios, and Medina conspired to distribute large quantities of cocaine. Unfortunately for them, another of their apparent co-conspirators — Jesse Rojo — was a cooperating…

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