Legal Opinion
United States v. Ellis Burrell, Billy J. Henry, Jon P. Hammonds, William D. Hatch, John Jones, and Steven E. Williams
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 10, 1992No. 91-1808, 91-2089, 91-2090, 91-2091, 91-2113 and 91-2114PublishedCited by 167 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAUER, Chief Judge.
The appellants are six defendants convicted of various narcotics and firearm offenses. They raise a barrage of challenges to their convictions and sentences. Finding no merit in these challenges, we affirm.
I. Facts
The defendants were arrested together in Bradley, Illinois, on drug possession, conspiracy, and firearm charges. The groundwork for the reverse-sting operation that led to the arrests began in September 1990. Cary Grant, an Illinois State Police Special Agent, posed undercover as “Jame”, a West-Indian marijuana dealer. Grant met Ralph Collier in Champaign,…
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