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U.S. v. MARKS

Nos. 85-2325, 85-2326, 85-2327, 85-2339.

816 F.2d 1207 (1987)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Marshall Ray MARKS, John D. Taylor, William J. Campbell, and Thomas E. Pals, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 16, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. Fahey, Danville, Ill., R. Corydon Finch, Anna, Ill., Ronald R. Eckiss, Marion, Ill., Harris, Lambert & Wilson, for defendants-appellants.

Michael C. Carr, Asst. U.S. Atty., Benton, Ill., Frederick J. Hess, U.S. Atty., East St. Louis, Ill., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before CUMMINGS and POSNER, Circuit Judges, and FAIRCHILD, Senior Circuit Judge.

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

The four defendants whose appeals we have consolidated were charged, along with others, with conspiring to distribute a large amount of marijuana between 1981 and 1984. The jury convicted them, and the judge sentenced each to six years in prison. The kingpin of the conspiracy was Jack Hrvatin. The appellants were cogs in the operation, and their minor role provides the principal theme of their appeals.

We begin with Marks, who is alleged...

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