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United States v. Rodrigo Mejia

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided August 2, 1990No. 89-2243PublishedCited by 47 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MANION, Circuit Judge.

Rodrigo Mejia appeals his convictions for conspiracy to distribute cocaine and possession with intent to distribute cocaine. We affirm.

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Elkin Escobar, a Colombian illegally in New York, began transporting cocaine in 1987. Mejia and Escobar were acquaint- anees, having met in South America in 1984. In January 1988, while in Chicago delivering cocaine, Escobar met Mejia at Mejia’s home in Park Ridge, Illinois. Esco-bar badly needed money, so he asked Mejia whether he could “move some things”— “some things” meaning cocaine. Mejia indicated he could. In October, Escobar…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. United States v. Narcisa SavinovichCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1988
  2. United States v. Oscar Mancillas and Charles LowryCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1978
  3. United States v. Scott SophieCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1990
  4. United States v. Larry Liefer, George Sharos, and Charles PattersonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985
  5. United States v. Sidney Muskovsky and Michael PosnerCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1988

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3Cited by47 opinions

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  3. United States v. Alex Beverly, Betty McNulty George Brown and Diane GriffinCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1990
  4. United States v. Terraun Price, Also Known as Boo Rock, Terence Dilworth, Also Known as T, and William J. Davison, Also Known as Tall OneCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2005
  5. United States v. William K. McKinney Also Known as PuppetCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1992

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