Legal Opinion
United States v. Brown
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 13, 2016No. Nos. 14-1363, 14-1364, 14-1426, 14-2689PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOOD, Chief Judge.
This case involves a conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine in Kewanee, Illinois, and surrounding areas. Spotting the opportunity for profit, Chicago drug dealer Frederick Coleman and a colleague began to focus on Kewanee in late 2008. Eventually, Jerry Brown, Darrion Capers, Nicholas Clark, Qubid Coleman, and James Tatum (among others) joined their operation. The police eventually caught up with them, and in 2012 they were charged by a grand jury with conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute at least 280 grams of crack cocaine, in violation of 21…
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