Legal Opinion
United States v. Darwin Montana
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 16, 1999No. 99-1691PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Chief Judge.
The defendant was convicted of bank robbery and related offenses and given a very long sentence — almost 30 years. James Dodd committed the actual robbery; Montana drove the getaway car. Dodd pleaded guilty, and testified at Montana’s trial, as Montana’s witness, that Montana had not known that Dodd was planning to rob the bank. Shortly before the end of the trial, Dodd gave Montana’s lawyer a note for Montana’s mother, who after she read it told the lawyer that the note demanded money in exchange for Dodd’s having testified favorably to Montana. The following morning, a…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- United States v. Paris F. Thomas and Harold L. StoryCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1996
- United States v. McLainCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1987
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