Legal Opinion
United States v. Robinson
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 3, 2011No. 09-3863PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SYKES, Circuit Judge.
Anthony Robinson ran a cocaine-trafficking operation in the Washington Park Homes housing complex on Chicago’s south side. During a traffic stop by Chicago police, he was found in possession of a large amount of cash and unsuccessfully tried to bribe one of the officers. The officer, James Weyforth, reported the attempt to his supervisor, and they devised a sting in which Weyforth reapproached Robinson about the bribe. Robinson offered to pay Weyforth $1,000 a week to “get the heat off’ his drug-selling operation.
For the next several weeks, Robinson gave Weyforth money,…
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