Legal Opinion
United States v. Vincent Edwards, Reynolds A. Wintersmith, Horace Joiner, Karl v. Fort, and Joseph Tidwell
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 30, 1997No. 94-3805, 94-3833, 94-3952, 94-3953, 95-1358PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
An indictment charged that 20 persons, affiliated with the Gangster Disciples street gang, distributed cocaine in and near Rockford, Illinois. The leaders of this ring called themselves “The Mob”. Five pleaded guilty; the remaining 15 were tried in three groups. Other panels of this court have affirmed the convictions and sentences resulting from two of these trials. United States v. Evans, 92 F.3d 540 (7th Cir.1996); United States v. Russell, Nos. 94-4000 et al., 1996 WL 508598 (7th Cir. Aug. 30, 1996) (unpublished order). After their convictions in the remaining…
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