Legal Opinion
United States v. Ronald Markowski
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 1, 1985No. 84-1874PublishedCited by 92 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
Ronald Markowski was the kingpin of a marijuana and cocaine smuggling operation. The district court sentenced him to 45 years’ imprisonment without possibility of parole under the Continuing Criminal Enterprise statute, 21 U.S.C. § 848, and fined him $100,000. Other sentences under four other statutes run concurrently with this one, making the CCE count the principal object of our attention.
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From 1977 through 1982 Markowski led a large group of smugglers who moved marijuana and cocaine from Colombia to Indiana via the Bahamas. The indictment named 41 defendants and…
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