Legal Opinion
United States v. John Shorter, A/K/A Leon J. Johnson, A/K/A Larry Johnson, and Jerre Tanksley
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 4, 1995No. 94-1465 & 94-1663PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GARZA, Circuit Judge.
John Shorter and Jerre Tanksley were convicted for offenses related to their membership in a cocaine distribution conspiracy. 1 Shorter appeals both his conviction and his sentence, and Tanksley appeals his sentence. We affirm Shorter’s conviction and sentence, and we vacate and remand Tanksley’s sentence.
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John Shorter and Verlyn Roux, according to Roux’s testimony at trial, agreed to conduct a cocaine business in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Shorter functioned as the supplier, and Roux fronted the cocaine to distributors, collected the money, and forwarded it to Shorter. 2
Roux…
2Cases cited77 opinions
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- Zafiro v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
- Wood v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
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