Legal Opinion
United States v. Alfonso Velasquez, Ramon Dominguez, Esmerido Galvan Olamendi, Ramon Gomez, and Armando Gomez
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 18, 1985No. 84-1218, 84-1240, 84-1263 and 84-1278PublishedCited by 132 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
The five defendants in a three-week criminal jury trial appeal from their convictions and prison sentences ranging from five to fifteen years. Three groups of crimes were charged, which in chronological order are as follows:(1) All five appellants were charged with trafficking in cocaine.(2) Galvan was charged with heroin violations unrelated to any other offenses charged in the indictment.(3) Galvan, Ramon Gomez, and Velasquez were charged with retaliation and conspiracy to retaliate against two government informants, Estevez and a woman named Campana.
The first group of…
2Cases cited43 opinions
- Thornhill v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Holloway v. ArkansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Watts v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Blumenthal v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Schaffer v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
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3Cited by132 opinions
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