United States v. John L. Carraway, John H. Bond

Appellants John L. Carraway, John Bond, James E. Robinson, James Rodriquez, and Elizabeth Wiggins were found guilty of conspiring to distribute and to possess with the intent to distribute cocaine and cocaine base, among other narcotics-related offenses. With one exception, we affirm their convictions and sentences.

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The defendants were charged with participating in a conspiracy to distribute cocaine in Washington Park, Illinois, a suburb of East St. Louis. Twenty-seven people were charged as conspirators; twenty-two of them pled guilty. The five defendants before us in this appeal elected to…