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U.S. v. DOUGLAS

Nos. 88-1259, 88-1260, 88-1333 and 88-2775.

874 F.2d 1145 (1989)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James DOUGLAS, Martin L. Pruitt, Leon Mason, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 21, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Evans, Evans & Froehlich, Champaign, Ill., Julie H. Friedman, Chicago, Ill., Michael J. Higgins, Willowbrook, Ill., for defendants-appellants.

Frances C. Hulin, U.S. Atty's Office, Danville, Ill., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before WOOD, Jr., EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judges, and ESCHBACH, Senior Circuit Judge.

HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.

A jury, for the second time, convicted James Douglas, Leon Mason, and Martin Pruitt of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute heroin and cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846. On appeal all three challenge their convictions, alleging violation of the Double Jeopardy Clause of the Fifth Amendment and numerous trial court errors. We affirm all three convictions.

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