Legal Opinion
United States v. Herrera-Medina
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 2, 1988No. Nos. 87-1335 to 87-1342PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
The eight appellants were tried together and found guilty of a variety of federal offenses arising from their participation in a major drug ring that smuggled heroin, cocaine, and marijuana from Mexico to Texas and then transported it to Illinois and Indiana for resale to consumers. They received prison sentences ranging from three and a half years to eighteen years. They raise a variety of issues, but most either have no possible merit or are foreclosed by circuit precedent (notably the issue of the validity of the indictment, an issue decided in United States v.…
2Cases cited25 opinions
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- Jenkins v. AndersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Brown v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- United States v. DoeSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
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3Cited by36 opinions
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