Legal Opinion
United States v. Samuel B. Cerro
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 4, 1985No. 85-1112PublishedCited by 83 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
A jury convicted Samuel Cerro of five counts of conspiracy to distribute cocaine and three counts of filing false income tax returns. The judge gave him concurrent 15-year sentences on the first three conspiracy counts and consecutive 15-year sentences on the fourth and fifth conspiracy counts, for a total of 45 years. (Sentences of 3 years on each of the tax counts were made concurrent with the conspiracy sentences.) Cerro had also been charged with being a drug “kingpin,” see 21 U.S.C. § 848, a charge that allows the most severe punishment possible under current…
2Cases cited38 opinions
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3Cited by83 opinions
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