Legal Opinion
United States v. Buford L. Peak & Bennie L. Peak
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 10, 1988No. 87-1251, 87-1252PublishedCited by 63 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.
Appellants, Buford and Bennie Peak, were convicted of conspiring to possess with intent to distribute marijuana and cocaine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846. They appeal their convictions on a variety of grounds. In their consolidated brief on appeal, Buford and Bennie contend that the district court committed reversible error by giving the jury a supplemental instruction while it was deliberating and by unduly restricting the cross-examination of the government’s key witness. In his separate pro se briefs, Bennie argues that there was reversible error in excluding…
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