Legal Opinion
United States v. Roosevelt Daniels
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 21, 1990No. 89-2014, 89-2015, 89-2017, 89-2025 and 89-3176PublishedCited by 62 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
The five defendants whose appeals we have consolidated were charged with large-scale federal drug offenses orchestrated by defendant Daniels, in part through telephone calls to the other defendants from the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Chicago, where he was awaiting trial for his drug activities. The evidence of guilt being overwhelming, the defendants pleaded guilty, reserving however several issues for appeal. Later they moved to set aside their guilty pleas, but Judge Holderman denied the motion and in 1989 sentenced the defendants to prison for terms ranging…
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