U.S. v. RAMIREZ

Nos. 96-2237, 96-2257, 96-2276 and 96-2340.

112 F.3d 849 (1997)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ken RAMIREZ, Peter Hotchkiss, Paul Hotchkiss, and Patrick Flynn, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 28, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larry Wszalek (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Madison, WI, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Charles L. Hawkins, Minneapolis, MN (argued), Douglas W. Thomson (argued), Earl P. Gray (argued), and Paul Applebaum (argued), St. Paul, MN, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before POSNER, Chief Judge, and ROVNER and DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judges.


POSNER, Chief Judge.

The four appellants were tried together in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin, convicted by a jury of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, and sentenced to long prison terms. They raise a number of issues, but only one has possible merit, and only one other has sufficient colorable merit to warrant discussion. The details of the conspiracy are irrelevant to these issues, except that it is important to keep in mind...

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