Legal Opinion
United States v. Ken Ramirez, Peter Hotchkiss, Paul Hotchkiss, and Patrick Flynn
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 28, 1997No. 96-2237, 96-2257, 96-2276 and 96-2340PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Chief Judge.
The four appellants were tried together in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin, convicted by a jury of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, and sentenced to long prison terms. They raise a number of issues, but only one has possible merit, and only one other has sufficient colorable merit to warrant discussion. The details of the conspiracy are irrelevant to these issues, except that it is important to keep in mind that the conspiracy straddled the border between two states, Wisconsin and Minnesota.
The substantial issue, which is presented by…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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