United States v. Norman Thomas

In the United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit Nos. 08-2901 & 08-2931 U NITED S TATES OF A MERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. D EREK C UNNINGHAM AND N ORMAN T HOMAS, Defendant-Appellants. Appeals from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division. No. 04-CR-8889—Milton I. Shadur, Judge. A RGUED JANUARY 21, 2009—D ECIDED F EBRUARY 4, 2009 Before P OSNER, F LAUM, and W OOD , Circuit Judges. F LAUM, Circuit Judge. This case presents the con- solidated appeals of Derek Cunningham and Norman Thomas. Their appeals arise from the same prosecution…