Legal Opinion
Tyrone Nichols v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 26, 1996No. 94-2105PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFEY, Circuit Judge.
Tyrone Nichols participated in a drug conspiracy engaged in transporting multi-kilogram quantities of cocaine between Chicago and Milwaukee. In 1989, he was convicted by a jury of conspiracy to possess cocaine with the intent to distribute, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841 and 846, and interstate travel with the intent to promote a drug offense, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1952. The trial court found Nichols responsible for 50 kilograms of cocaine and imposed a sentence of 156 months (13 years) of imprisonment to be followed by five years of supervised release.1 His…
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