Legal Opinion
United States v. Lane
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 12, 2010No. 09-1057PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EVANS, Circuit Judge.
Johnny Lane was indicted on drug charges along with three codefendants, Shawn Barnes, Kim Lane (Kim is Johnny’s half-brother), and Raymond Harper. The codefendants pled guilty, but Lane put his fate in the hands of a jury. After a two-day trial, he was convicted of conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine and possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine. See 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(A), 846, and 18 U.S.C. § 2. The jury also returned a special verdict on drug weight, and the district court imposed a mandatory life sentence based on Lane’s prior felony drug…
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