U.S. v. DeSOTO

Nos. 87-2400 to 87-2402.

885 F.2d 354 (1989)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Maria Urrego de SOTO, Gustavo Chaverra Cardona, and Ruth Urrego Chaverra, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 6, 1989.

Rehearing Denied November 29, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven Short, Asst. U.S. Atty., Anton R. Valukas, U.S. Atty., David J. Stetler, James R. Ferguson, Victoria J. Peters, Asst. U.S. Attys., Chicago, Ill., for the U.S.

Steven B. Muslin, Michael Wilkie, Chicago, Ill., for Maria deSoto.

M. Jacqueline Walther, Kielian & Walther, Chicago, Ill., for Gustavo C. Cardona.

Lannie A. Pollans, Chicago, Ill., for Ruth U. Chaverra.

Before CUDAHY, POSNER and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges.


RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.

The defendants — Gustavo Chaverra Cardona, Ruth Urrego Chaverra, and Maria Urrego de Soto — appeal their convictions for various drug trafficking offenses; a jury found each defendant guilty of conspiring to distribute cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846 and of several counts of possession of cocaine with intent to distribute in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1). The defendants appeal on a multitude of grounds. We...

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