Legal Opinion
United States v. Artez Lamont Rogers and Harrison R. King
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 17, 1996No. 94-2368, 94-3836PublishedCited by 85 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.
Defendants Harrison King and Artez Rogers raise several challenges to their respective convictions for various drug-related activities, including murder in furtherance of a continuing criminal enterprise and possession and distribution of cocaine. We affirm the district court on all counts. Most notably, we reject defendants’ argument that their criminal enterprise must have had a purpose “separate and apart” from drug dealing in order to qualify as an “enterprise” under 18 U.S.C. § 1959.
I
The facts of this case are numerous and complicated. Given the nature of the…
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