Legal Opinion
United States v. David Frederick Ely
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 21, 1983No. 82-2860PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
This appeal raises questions relating to an indigent defendant’s right to counsel of his choice, and to appellate review of the length of a sentence that is within statutory limits.
David Ely was indicted in 1979 along with two other men, Dawson and Griswold, for distributing and conspiring to distribute cocaine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), 846. Ely was an intermediate distributor, Dawson his source, and Gris-wold a dealer whom Ely supplied with cocaine that he obtained from Dawson. Gris-wold and Dawson pleaded guilty and were sentenced to 10 and 15 years in…
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