Legal Opinion
United States v. Ronnie Joseph Bruscino and Charles Eugene Kell
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 17, 1982No. 80-2336, 80-2337PublishedCited by 91 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
Bruscino and Kell, inmates at the federal penitentiary at Terre Haute, Indiana, were indicted along with fellow inmates Barron, Howell, and Norman for conspiracy to murder, and for the murder of, another inmate, Martinez. Bruscino and Kell stood trial and were convicted; the other defendants pleaded guilty. A panel of this court reversed Bruscino’s and Kell’s convictions (over the dissent of Senior Circuit Judge Floyd Gibson of the Eighth Circuit, sitting by designation) because two documents found in the jury room had not been admitted into evidence. 662 F.2d 450…
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