Legal Opinion
United States v. Paul Solina and Ronnie Bruscino
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 13, 1984No. 12-1943PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
Solina and Bruscino, two inmates at Marion Federal Penitentiary, appeal from their convictions for assaulting a guard, Carter, during a free-for-all in the prison mess. Carter had just taken a knife away from another inmate when (according to the government’s evidence) Solina tackled him and Bruscino hit him with a chair. Solina and Bruscino were tried together, convicted by a jury, and sentenced to three and eight years’ imprisonment, respectively, to run consecutively to their other federal sentences.
Their appeals raise a number of different issues, which we discuss in…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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3Cited by54 opinions
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