Legal Opinion
United States v. Turner
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 30, 2010No. 08-4159PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TINDER, Circuit Judge.
Joel Turner, Jr. was convicted of a drug conspiracy and firearms offense and was sentenced to 300 months in prison. He challenges the evidence upon which the district court relied in finding that he was a member of the conspiracy in January 2005 and in making its drug quantity finding. He also argues that the court erred in not considering unwarranted sentencing disparities among his codefendants and ignored sentencing factors, which resulted in an unreasonable sentence. Finding no error, we affirm.
I. Background
The government indicted sixteen defendants, including Joel…
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