Legal Opinion
United States v. Dontay Banks, Mario Dunlap, Michael Wills, Alton Mills, Robert Gaines, Monica Boguille, and Robert Shipp
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 14, 1996No. 94-2785 through 94-2790, 94-2840PublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.
The defendants in this matter were convicted, following a two-week jury trial, of various drug trafficking offenses. They received sentences ranging from 121 months to life imprisonment. In this consolidated appeal, the defendants challenge those convictions and sentences. For the reasons set forth in the following opinion, we affirm the judgments of the district court.
I
BACKGROUND
The defendants were convicted of their participation in a cocaine conspiracy which operated in Chicago from the fall of 1991 through May 1993. 1 The primary organizer of this conspiracy was…
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