Legal Opinion
United States v. Vallar
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 14, 2011No. 07-3641, 08-1361, 08-3888, 09-3484PublishedCited by 77 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLAUM, Circuit Judge.
Three defendants were convicted of committing various drug-related offenses; a fourth pled guilty. They raise a variety of arguments on direct appeal, primarily challenging their sentences and denials of motions to suppress their confessions. For the following reasons, we affirm.
I. Background
On September 20, 2005, a federal grand jury returned a fifty-one-count indictment against seventeen individuals, including Amador Hernandez (“Hernandez”), Eladio Pedroza, Sr. (“Pedroza”), Robert Vallar (‘Vallar”), and Tyrail Curry (“Curry”). It charged the four with various offenses…
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