Legal Opinion
United States v. Derrick Thomas and Jason A. Scott
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 23, 1998No. 97-4181, 98-1697PublishedCited by 82 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Chief Judge.
Drug enforcement agents gave one of their confidential informants $675 in federal money to buy crack from a suspected drug dealer, defendant Scott. The informant arranged to purchase the crack from Scott, but when he arrived at the place appointed for the transaction Scott and his accomplice, defendant Thomas, robbed Mm of the “buy” money. The two were convicted of a number of federal crimes arising out of the robbery and given heavy sentences—75 months for Scott and 322 months for Thomas, the difference reflecting the fact that Scott pleaded guilty and testified against…
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