Legal Opinion
United States v. Larry Liefer, George Sharos, and Charles Patterson
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 4, 1985No. 84-2339, 84-2353 and 84-2370PublishedCited by 96 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.
Defendants Larry Liefer, George Sharos, and Charles Patterson were convicted in a jury trial of conspiracy to distribute more than one thousand pounds of marijuana in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846 (1982). The district court sentenced each defendant to eight years in prison. The defendants raise a number of issues on appeal. We affirm the judgment of the district court.
Richard Schair and Jeffrey Bayles, both unindicted co-conspirators, headed this southern Illinois marijuana distribution conspiracy. Schair was responsible for obtaining the supply of…
2Cases cited51 opinions
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