Legal Opinion
United States v. Henry Pallais and William C. Kelly, III
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 4, 1991No. 89-1283, 89-1291PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
After a two-week trial, a jury convicted William Kelly and Henry Pallais of multiple counts of participating in a large drug trafficking ring. (There were a number of other defendants, but they pleaded guilty.) Hatched in a meeting in Chicago in 1983, the ring was far-flung, with many operatives and a large volume of business. Substantial quantities of cocaine and marijuana were shipped by boat or private plane from Jamaica and Colombia (sometimes via Panama) to Puerto Rico, taken by boat to Florida, and shipped by diverse means to Wisconsin for distribution. Kelly, who…
2Cases cited24 opinions
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- Bourjaily v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
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3Cited by52 opinions
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- United States v. Robert M. Morrison, Michael Anderson, James D. Walton, Sean Foley, and Jose Andrini-VargaCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1991
- Moore v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1996
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