Legal Opinion
United States v. Frank Smith, Keith McCain Russell Ellis, Eric Wilson, Sherman Moore, Steven Pink and Charles Poteete
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 17, 2000No. 98-1501, 98-1578, 98-1683, 98-1684, 98-2005, 98-2179 and 98-2570PublishedCited by 155 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judge.
For many years, the Gangster Disciples (GD) street gang operated a massive drug distribution business in the Chicago area. Eventually, the government caught up with it, and in 1995 the grand jury returned indictments against different members of the GD gang. We considered the appeals of other GDs in United States v. Jackson, 207 F.3d 910 (7th Cir.2000), and in United States v. Irwin, 149 F.3d 565 (7th Cir.1998). In the present case, we have before us the appeals of seven more members from their convictions and sentences for a variety of drug, weapons, and money…
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