Legal Opinion
United States v. Jack Farmer, Kevin McNab Pamela Farmer, Martin Byrski, James Villalpando, and Michael Farmer
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 28, 1991No. 89-1491, 89-1535, 89-1536, 89-1622, 89-1623 and 89-1624PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.
The appellants were all convicted of RICO and/or other criminal offenses in connection with their involvement in a drug, robbery and extortion ring headed by appellant Jack Farmer. The appellants have appealed their convictions on numerous grounds. We affirm.
I. Facts
The investigation leading to the drug and racketeering charges in this large RICO conspiracy case began in 1983 when one Taras Jaworskyj told the FBI about the drug ring in which he was involved. The information provided by Jaworskyj led to a three year investigation into the expansive criminal organization…
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