Legal Opinion

United States v. Barry Keeter, Darres Park, and Paul D. Ahrens

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided November 24, 1997No. 96-3284, 96-3932 and 97-1150PublishedCited by 42 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

Last year we affirmed the sentence of a federal prisoner who smuggled amphetamine into prison so that other inmates could raise money to pay off gambling debts. United States v. Hall, 101 F.3d 1174 (7th Cir.1996). Now we have the appeals of three other participants in the scheme: Darres Park, the prison bookie; Barry Keeter, a losing gambler who thought up the scheme and resold within the prison the drug that Hall carried; and Paul Ahrens, another unsuccessful gambler who, after his release from prison, supplied the drug to Hall (via Hall’s girlfriend). Keeter and…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. United States v. OlanoSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
  2. Faretta v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  3. Taylor v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
  4. Koon v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1996
  5. Holloway v. ArkansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1978

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3Cited by42 opinions

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  4. State v. PriceWashington Supreme Court · 2006
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