Legal Opinion
United States v. Hatfield
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 14, 2010No. 09-1705, 09-1849PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
A jury convicted the defendants of conspiracy to burglarize pharmacies, 18 U.S.C. §§ 2118(b), (d), and to distribute controlled substances (including morphine, methadone, oxycodone, fentanyl, alprazolam, cocaine, and hydrocodone), the use of which resulted in death or serious bodily injury, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(C), 846 — specifically, four deaths, plus a serious bodily injury to a fifth user of the defendants’ drugs. The defendants were sentenced to life in prison, as authorized by section 841(b)(1)(C). The principal issue presented by the appeals concerns the…
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