Legal Opinion
United States v. Samuel K. Tidwell
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 28, 1999No. 98-2710PublishedCited by 78 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EVANS, Circuit Judge.
Samuel K. Tidwell is before us for the third time. He was indicted, along with 19 others for being a member of a large-scale drug conspiracy operating out of Rockford, Illinois, between 1989-93. A jury convicted Tidwell on multiple charges and the district judge, Philip G. Reinhard, imposed a life sentence, mandated at the time by the federal sentencing guidelines. We denied Tidwell’s direct appeal and affirmed his sentence (along with those of several other members of the same drug conspiracy) in United States v. Evans, 92 F.3d 540 (7th Cir.).
After Evans was decided,…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- United States v. Malcolm Jones WhitebirdCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1995
- United States v. Marcus O. Evans, Samuel Tidwell, Gregory Fort, and Helen L. FortCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1996
- UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Curtis TOWNSEND, A/K/A Curtis Andre Townsend, Defendant-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1996
- United States v. Michael A. HaleCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1997
- United States v. William L. BauerCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1997
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3Cited by78 opinions
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- United States v. Byfield, WayneCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2004
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