Legal Opinion
United States v. Ervin
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 2, 2008No. 05-4700, 06-1834PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KANNE, Circuit Judge.
A federal grand jury charged Jay Zambrana and James Ervin with violating numerous provisions of federal law by participating in a drug-trafficking conspiracy, see 18 U.S.C. §§ 2, 922(g)(1), 1951, 1956(a)(l)(A)(i), (a)(1)(B)®, 1957; 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), 843(b), 846, 856(a)(1), and by killing two men in furtherance of that conspiracy, see 18 U.S.C. § 2; 21 U.S.C. § 848(e)(1)(A). Before trial, Zambrana sought to sever the homicide counts from the drug-conspiracy counts, see Fed. R.Crim.P. 14(a), to no avail. A jury found Zambrana and Ervin guilty on all counts, based…
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