Legal Opinion
United States v. Sanders
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 5, 1992No. Nos. 90-2590 to 90-2602PublishedCited by 81 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.
This case arises from an FBI sting operation investigating police corruption in Chi*664cago’s Second (or “Wentworth”) Police District. Defendants/appellants, Fred Sanders, Robert L. Stephenson, Fred J. Tilford, Isaiah E. Clayton, John A. Carpenter, Phillip M. Blackman, Everett Gully, Clarence G. Wilson, and Orville Stewart, were all gamblers or Chicago police officers who participated to varying degrees in a police protection racket. After a two-month jury trial, all were found guilty of racketeering under 18 U.S.C. § 1962(c), and/or racketeering conspiracy under 18 U.S.C. §…
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