Legal Opinion
United States v. Colon
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 8, 2008No. 07-3929PublishedCited by 85 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
The defendant was convicted by a jury of possessing cocaine with intent to sell it, conspiring to possess cocaine with intent to sell it, and aiding and abetting the conspiracy, and he was sentenced to 135 months in prison. The principal ground of his appeal is that he was not a conspirator or an aider and abettor of a conspiracy, but was merely a purchaser from a conspirator, and that the jury’s contrary finding lacked sufficient basis in the evidence to stand. He also challenges on Fourth Amendment grounds his conviction of possession, and we start there.
The government…
2Cases cited42 opinions
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- Ybarra v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- United States v. PeoniCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1938
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3Cited by85 opinions
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