Legal Opinion
United States v. Franklin Brown
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 12, 2013No. 12-2743PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KANNE, Circuit Judge.
For five years, Franklin Brown led a lucrative life in Chicago’s cocaine trade. Eventually, however, fate caught up with him. Federal authorities arrested Brown and charged him with conspiracy to distribute cocaine. The jury convicted, and the district court sentenced Brown to nearly twenty-five years in prison. Now, Brown challenges that result. He claims that he was only a customer to his suppliers, as opposed to a co-conspirator. If true, that fact would have prevented a jury from convicting him. Brown also makes a second, related argument: he claims the district…
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