Legal Opinion
United States v. Robert Daniel Ward and Rodney Ellis
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 28, 2000No. 98-2657, 98-2812PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARLINGTON WOOD, JR., Circuit Judge.
On June 16, 1997, a multi-count second superseding indictment was filed in the Northern District of Illinois charging Robert Daniel Ward and Rodney Ellis, along with nine codefendants, for conduct relating to a large-scale drug distribution conspiracy. The tremendously successful conspiracy was organized and supervised by Nathan “Nate” Hill who began distributing cocaine in the Chicago area in the late 1980s. Ward and Ellis were each convicted on two counts of the indictment following a jury trial. On appeal, Ward raises several challenges to his…
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