Legal Opinion

United States v. Orville Baker, Roy Wireman, Skid Ronnie Manns, and Ellis Manns

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided June 26, 1990No. 88-3216, 88-3358, 88-3409 and 88-3425PublishedCited by 68 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

Ellis Manns and Wayne Stone managed a junior varsity marijuana network. They harvested marijuana growing wild in Iowa and Nebraska — “weed” in more senses than one. Called “ditch weed” in this record, it was gathered by the thousands of pounds. Ditch weed is so low in quality that it sold for only $30 to $40 per pound, and to make it worthwhile to deliver at any distance Manns and Stone had to stuff automobiles to the brim.

The indictment charged 27 persons, and the defendants were tried in five groups. Our group includes Ellis Manns, his brother Skid Ronnie Manns,…

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