Legal Opinion
United States v. Escobar
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 28, 1995No. Nos. 94-1775, 94-1800, 94-1993, 94-2111PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MAGILL, Circuit Judge.
After a jury trial, Luis Arturo Escobar, Alfonso Salgueiro-Duarte, Eddie Keeper and Michael Johnson were convicted of various conspiracy and drug-related charges. They raise numerous issues on appeal, including challenges to the sentences imposed by the district court.1 After reviewing the record, we find no errors which justify reversal. We affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
In late May 1993, St. Lords Police Department Detectives Anthony Laehenicht and Joseph Spiess received a tip from a confidential informant that Eddie Keeper was selling heroin. This informant told the officers…
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