Legal Opinion
United States of America,plaintiff-Appellee v. Gordon Thornton, Garrick Jackson, Kirk Reynolds, and Michael Harris
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 18, 1999No. 98-2302, 98-3209, 98-3210, 98-3235PublishedCited by 95 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TERENCE T. EVANS, Circuit Judge.
Major federal drug cases these days follow a fairly familiar pattern. They are centered in big cities, and they usually involve a wide-ranging drug distribution network that has been operating for several years. The drug of choice is invariably cocaine, often in its most addictive form as crack. When charges are filed in these cases the first count always alleges the existence of a conspiracy to possess cocaine with intent to distribute. The typical case has a dozen or more defendants (many with multiple and often creative nicknames), and other counts in the…
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