Legal Opinion
United States v. Colon
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 22, 2019No. 18-1233PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Scudder, Circuit Judge.
Geraldo Colon used his Indianapolis furniture store and a related business as a front to hide his more lucrative enterprise: buying large quantities of cocaine and heroin from Arizona and reselling the drugs to local dealers in Indiana. For his role as a middleman in this scheme, a grand jury charged Colon with drug conspiracy, money laundering, and making false statements in a bankruptcy proceeding. Following two jury trials, Colon was convicted on all counts and sentenced to 30 years' imprisonment.
Colon challenges his convictions for money laundering, arguing that the…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- United States v. Mandell Jackson, Joseph Davis, and Romano GinesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1991
- United States v. Frank Smith, Keith McCain Russell Ellis, Eric Wilson, Sherman Moore, Steven Pink and Charles PoteeteCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2000
- United States v. AbbasCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2009
- United States v. Connie Sue Heater, United States of America v. Harvey Bernard John, United States of America v. Timothy W. McCoyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1995
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