Legal Opinion
United States v. Willie Horton
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 27, 1979No. 77-2187PublishedCited by 69 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PELL, Circuit Judge.
The defendant Willie Horton was convicted after a bench trial on all counts of a four-count indictment charging distribution of controlled substances in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1). He was sentenced to eight years on each count with the sentences to run concurrently. In this appeal he argues that the trial court erred in admitting recorded conversations between himself and an informant, that the convictions on Counts II and III of the indictment are multiplicitous, and that the sentences imposed on Counts I, II, and III exceed the statutory maximum.
I. The Recorded…
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