Legal Opinion
United States v. Joseph L. Tokash, Mitchell E. Kolb, and John Derel Usher
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 11, 2002No. 01-2103, 01-2286, 01-2295PublishedCited by 99 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFEY, Circuit Judge.
A systemwide search of inmates at the United States Penitentiary at Marion, Illinois, prompted by the May 18, 1999, racially motivated murder of an inmate, revealed that inmates Joseph Tokash, Mitchell Kolb, and John Derel Usher had concealed weapons in them rectal cavities. Tokash, Kolb, and Usher were charged with possessing weapons in a federal prison in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1791(a)(2). The government filed similar pre-trial motions in limine to preclude each of the defendants, who were tried individually, from introducing evidence in support of a defense of…
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