Legal Opinion
United States v. McAllister
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 20, 1994No. Nos. 93-1375, 93-1376, 93-1377 and 93-1587PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MORAN, District Judge.
Defendants Marcus McAllister, Robert Ga-ston, Mark Mike and Mark Shorter were found guilty of conspiracy to distribute cocaine. In addition, Gaston and Mike were found guilty of money laundering, and Ga-ston was found guilty of interstate travel in aid of racketeering. Defendants now appeal on several grounds: the enhancement of their sentences, prosecutorial misconduct, the finding of one conspiracy, the prosecutor's closing argument, and the quantity of cocaine ~for which they were found responsible.
a. Sentence enhancement for McAllister, Mike, and Shorter
1. Notice
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