Legal Opinion
United States v. Otis L. McClellan and John D. Sargent
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 4, 1999No. 97-3370, 97-3371PublishedCited by 128 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFEY, Circuit Judge.
The defendants-appellants, Otis McClellan and John Sargent, appeal from their convictions for conspiring to possess marijuana with intent to distribute, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) and 846, and conspiracy to commit money laundering, contrary to 18 U.S.C. § 1956(a)(l)(A)(i) and (h). Sargent alone appeals his sentence. We affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
A. The Marijuana, Trafficking Conspiracy
The co-defendant, Otis McClellan (“McClellan”), befriended Donna Brewer (“Donna”) in May of 1995 while the two were living in Tucson, Arizona. About one month later, Donna introduced…
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