United States v. Kamorudeen Sowemimo, Robert Thomas, and Cornell Green

DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judge.

This appeal comes to us from three members of a large heroin distribution organization in Chicago. Cornell Green, the organization’s mastermind and leader, Robert Thomas, one of his key supervisors, and Kamorudeen Sowemimo, a Nigerian heroin importer, were indicted along with twelve other members of the organization. Green and Sowemimo each pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute heroin, the first count of a nineteen-count indictment. Thomas tried his luck before the jury. Green and Sowemimo have both appealed various aspects of their…