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United States v. Jwuan Moreland

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided December 3, 2012No. 11-2546, 11-2552, 11-2632, 11-2633, 11-2696, 11-3146, 11-3319, 11-3321, 11-3367PublishedCited by 43 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

The nine defendants were charged with conspiracy to distribute large quantities of methamphetamine and marijuana (two of them were charged in addition with being felons in possession of firearms). All were convicted by a jury and given long prison sentences: Moreland 110 months, Smith 151, Bailey 216, Pitts 420, and the others life. Only one defendant, Shelton, was charged with a substantive drug offense; this is a further illustration, if any is needed, that conspiracy is indeed the prosecutors’ darling. We listed the reasons in United States v. Nunez, 673 F.3d 661,…

2Cases cited75 opinions

  1. United States v. SokolowSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
  2. Harmelin v. MichiganSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  3. Old Chief v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
  4. Duren v. MissouriSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  5. Krulewitch v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949

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3Cited by43 opinions

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