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U.S. v. PATEL

No. 88-2738.

879 F.2d 292 (1989)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Manu PATEL, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 20, 1989.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied August 29, 1989.

Order on Denial of Rehearing September 6, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Caryn Jacobs, Asst. U.S. Atty., Chicago, Ill., David J. Stetler, Asst. U.S. Attys. Office of the U.S. Atty., Crim. Receiving, Appellate Div., Chicago, Ill., for U.S.

Josette Skelnik, Robinson & Skelnik, Elgin, Ill., for Patel.

Before POSNER and MANION, Circuit Judges, and ESCHBACH, Senior Circuit Judge.

Rehearing and Rehearing In Banc Denied August 29, 1989.

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

A jury convicted Manu Patel of four counts of violating federal narcotics law in connection with the importation from India of a ton of hashish having a street value of at least $4 million. The judge sentenced him to seventeen years and six months in prison. The appeal raises a number of issues but the only one that merits discussion is whether Patel was still a member of the conspiracy...

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