Legal Opinion
United States v. Lamont B. Nelson and Delano C. Nelson
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 27, 1994No. 93-2040, 93-2066PublishedCited by 79 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KANNE, Circuit Judge.
Two brothers, Lamont B. Nelson (“L. Nelson”) and Delano C. Nelson (“D. Nelson”), committed various federal offenses related to the armed robbery of an Indianapolis jewelry store. D. Nelson was sentenced to 230 months imprisonment; L. Nelson was sentenced to 200 months imprisonment. The Nelsons did not actually rob the store: they recruited three young men to commit the robbery. The brothers gave the actual robbers guns, helped them steal a getaway ear, and instructed them how to carry out the robbery. From the approximately $500,000 in goods taken, the actual robbers each…
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