Legal Opinion
United States v. Recendiz
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 3, 2009No. 06-1754, 06-2380, 06-2821PublishedCited by 100 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KANNE, Circuit Judge.
On October 3, 2005, a jury convicted Armando Navar and Marco Thomas of a number of federal crimes related to their participation in a Chicago cocaine distribution network. The district court sentenced Navar and Thomas to 324 and 360 months in prison, respectively. On appeal, Navar challenges his conviction, arguing that the district court made several evidentiary and procedural errors and that his counsel was ineffective. Thomas joins only Navar’s assertion that trial counsel improperly shifted the burden of proof during his opening statement, in violation of his Fifth…
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