UNITED STATES v. JEFFERS

No. 75-1422.

532 F.2d 1101 (1976)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Garland JEFFERS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 30, 1976.

Rehearing Denied May 18, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen C. Bower, Kentland, Ind., for defendant-appellant.

John R. Wilks, U.S. Atty., Fort Wayne, Ind., Richard A. Hamming, Asst. U.S. Atty., Hammond, Ind., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before PELL and SPRECHER, Circuit Judges, and PARSONS, Chief District Judge.


SPRECHER, Circuit Judge.

This appeal arising from the conviction of the defendant for engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 848 primarily concerns the question of whether the conviction is barred on double jeopardy grounds by a prior conviction for conspiracy to distribute narcotics.

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The evidence presented at trial showed that the defendant, Garland Jeffers, was the head of a highly-structured narcotics distribution...

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