Legal Opinion
United States v. Lautaro Cea
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 10, 1990No. 89-1796PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.
This is a “reverse buy” drug case developed by agents of the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”) in cooperation with Illinois State Police posing as drug sellers instead of in their more common role as drug purchasers.
In August 1988, the defendants Lautaro Cea 1 and Eduardo Quinto 2 were charged with one count of conspiracy in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846. Cea was charged with an additional seven counts of using a telephone to facilitate the commission of a felony in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 848(b) and one count of attempting to possess with intent to…
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3Cited by61 opinions
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