Legal Opinion
United States v. Benjamin Barry Kramer, Randy Thomas Lanier, Eugene Albert Fischer, and Kay Dee Bell, Jr.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 14, 1992No. 88-3444 to 88-3446, 89-1025 and 89-2752PublishedCited by 86 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KANNE, Circuit Judge.
Appellant Randy Thomas Lanier was a rising star on the auto-racing circuit in the early 1980’s; indeed, in 1985, he was the rookie of the year at the Indianapolis 500. Lanier apparently did not regard auto racing as a full-time job. Together with appellants Benjamin Barry Kramer, and Eugene Albert Fischer, he directed a vast enterprise which imported several hundred thousand pounds of marijuana into the United States in the 1980’s. Appellant Kay Dee Bell, Jr. assisted the enterprise in importing two loads of marijuana.
A jury found Lanier, Kramer, Fischer and Bell guilty…
2Cases cited47 opinions
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- United States v. MillerSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
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3Cited by86 opinions
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