Legal Opinion

United States v. Cortez C. Guyton

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided September 26, 1994No. 93-3420PublishedCited by 35 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MANION, Circuit Judge.

A jury convicted Cortez C. Guyton on one count of conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 846 and 841(a)(1). Following sentencing, the district court sentenced Guyton to life imprisonment. In his appeal, Guyton claims reversible error based on the district court’s various eviden-tiary rulings, as well as on matters stemming from its instruction of the jury. He also challenges the district court’s calculation of his base offense level which the court then used in arriving at its imposition of a life sentence under the Guidelines. We find no…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. United States v. OlanoSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
  2. United States v. GoinesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1993
  3. United States v. Michael DavisCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1994
  4. United States of America, Cross-Appellant v. Jeffery Jackson, Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1989
  5. United States v. Joseph B. Carson, John K. Lanter, Wilbert Hall, Aaron Hall, and Ronald L. FlaugherCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1993

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3Cited by35 opinions

  1. United States v. Frank Smith, Keith McCain Russell Ellis, Eric Wilson, Sherman Moore, Steven Pink and Charles PoteeteCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2000
  2. United States of America,plaintiff-Appellee v. Gordon Thornton, Garrick Jackson, Kirk Reynolds, and Michael HarrisCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1999
  3. United States v. Larry Boone, United States of America v. Thomas Weston, AKA Rasul Thomas Weston, United States of America v. Thomas Weston, AKA RasulCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2002
  4. United States v. Joseph D. FonesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1995
  5. United States v. Darryl Wayne Hall, Carl Stewart, Also Known as Pee Wee, and Kevin FergusonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1997

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