UNITED STATES v. PECO

Nos. 85-1162, 85-1163.

784 F.2d 798 (1986)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Peter PECO and Edwin Hoffman, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided February 26, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nicholas A. DeJohn, Nicholas A. DeJohn & Assoc., Ltd., Patrick A. Tuite, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellants.

Patty Stembler, Appellate Sec., Crim. Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before CUDAHY and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges, and SWYGERT, Senior Circuit Judge.


RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.

Following a jury trial, Peter Peco and Edwin Hoffman were convicted of conspiracy to possess and distribute cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846. Peco also was convicted of cocaine distribution in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), and Hoffman was convicted of carrying a firearm during the commission of a felony in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(2). Alleging that certain trial errors...

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