Legal Opinion
United States v. Kashamu
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 1, 2011No. 10-2782PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
This appeal requires us to consider the collateral estoppel effect, if any, of findings made by foreign courts in extradition proceedings. Back in May 1998 defendant Kashamu was one of fourteen persons charged in an indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Chicago with conspiracy to import and distribute heroin in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 963. He was indicted both in his own name and under what the government believed to be two aliases that he used: “Alaji” and “Kasmal.” But he could not be found. He had not been arrested; he did not jump bail; his whereabouts…
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