Legal Opinion
United States v. Aldo Mazzone, Robert Quagliato, Steven Kandis, and Tony Slutsky
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 30, 1986No. 85-1116, 85-1117, 85-1139 and 85-1537PublishedCited by 80 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
The four appellants were convicted of drug crimes, received sentences ranging from probation and a fine, for Mazzone, to ten years in prison and a fine, for Kandis, and appeal on two grounds — illegally seized evidence and improper argument to the jury by the prosecutor.
The first relates to the seizure, without a warrant, of drugs from two vehicles, a van driven by Mazzone and a car driven by Slutsky. Although all four appellants complain about the seizure, only Mazzone and Slutsky have standing to do so; no rights of Kandis and Quagliato were violated by searches of…
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