Legal Opinion
United States v. Plescia
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 8, 1995No. Nos. 92-1222, 92-1223, 92-1224, 92-1225, 92-1226 and 93-3405PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
•ENGEL, Circuit Judge.
The five defendants in this case appeal the convictions and sentences arising out óf a sizeable Chicago-based cocaine conspiracy spanning several years. Because we feel that the vast weight of the evidence supports the convictions and the sentences and that any possible error was harmless, we affirm.
Victor Plescia headed the conspiracy, which began during or before 1986. He sent couriers, including chief prosecution witness Nickalos Rizzato and defendant Anthony Grossi, and he went himself many times to Miami, where he had a cocaine supplier. Rizzato made at least ten…
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