Legal Opinion
United States v. Lavelle Span
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 30, 1999No. 98-1329PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARLINGTON WOOD, JR., Circuit Judge.
Lavelle Span was convicted after a jury trial of two counts of distributing crack cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and one count of conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846. At sentencing, the district court determined that Span’s relevant conduct involved more than 50 grams of crack cocaine and sentenced him to 372 months in prison. On appeal, Span argues that the district court erred by failing to adequately instruct the jury on the distinction between a drug conspiracy and a mere buyer-seller relationship; by…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- United States v. Glenn WellmanCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1987
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3Cited by32 opinions
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- United States v. James E. JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2000
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