Legal Opinion
United States v. George Peterson and Pedro Sandoval
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 4, 2001No. 99-3967, 99-4159PublishedCited by 76 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAUER, Circuit Judge.
Pedro Sandoval and George Peterson directly appeal their convictions for robbery and attempted robbery affecting interstate commerce and carrying a firearm during the commission of these crimes. We reverse these convictions.
BACKGROUND
Members of the Latin Kings gang learned that James Estep, a man in his mid-sixties, sold marijuana from his Hammond, Indiana home. In January 1997, armed with this information and weapons, Pedro Sandoval, George Peterson, and four others, all gang members, robbed Es-tep in his home. The robbers successfully carried away thirty pounds of…
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