Legal Opinion
United States v. Darden
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided November 22, 1995No. Nos. 93-3386, 93-3448, 93-3449, 93-3451 to 93-3453 and 93-3456PublishedCited by 285 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.
The United States presented evidence at the appellants’ trial tending to show that Jerry Lee Lewis participated in and became the leader of a powerful criminal racketeering enterprise that for over ten years controlled a large percentage of the market for T’s and Blues (a heroin substitute), heroin, and cocaine in north St. Louis. Lewis obtained and maintained his position by murdering competitors and others who threatened his organization (the Jerry Lewis Organization or JLO). The profitable but bloody activities of the appellants in this case, all members of the JLO,…
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