Legal Opinion

United States v. Deborah Johnson-Dix, Carlos Meyers, Darrell Walton, Carl A. Dawson, Jr., and Garrett Thompson

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided May 23, 1995No. 93-3292, 93-3469, 93-3524, 93-3736 and 93-3818PublishedCited by 76 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ROVNER, Circuit Judge.

This case is about a drug deal gone sour, leading to a shooting and then to an extortion attempt. Deborah Johnson-Dix, Carlos Meyers, Darrell Walton, and Garrett Thompson were charged with possession and with conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute approximately one-half kilogram of cocaine. Johnson-Dix, Walton, Thompson, arid Carl A. Dawson, Jr., were charged with various extortion offenses, and Johnson-Dix, Thompson, and Dawson faced additional charges related to their use of firearms in the course of the attempted extortion. Johnson-Dix pled guilty to the…

2Cases cited39 opinions

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  4. Smith v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
  5. United States v. Mason Townsend, Luis E. Diaz, Orlando Nunez, Dorothy Taylor, Carlos Mejia, Joseph Angel Claudio, and Isabel MarquezCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1991

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