U.S. v. FARMER

Nos. 89-1491, 89-1535, 89-1536, 89-1622, 89-1623 and 89-1624.

924 F.2d 647 (1991)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jack FARMER, Kevin McNab, Pamela Farmer, Martin Byrski, James Villalpando, and Michael Farmer, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 28, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas M. Durkin, Asst. U.S. Atty., David S. Rosenbloom, Office of the U.S. Atty., Chicago, Ill., for U.S.

David C. Thomas, Legal Services Center, Chicago, Ill., for Jack Farmer.

Kenneth L. Cunniff, Chicago, Ill., for Kevin McNab.

John A. Meyer, Chicago, Ill., for Pamela Farmer.

Sarah Jennings Hunt, Cambridge, Mass., Donald A. Harwood, Hrones & Harwood, Boston, Mass., for Martin Byrski.

Paul M. Brayman, Chicago, Ill., for James Villalpando.

Marianne Jackson, Chicago, Ill., for Michael Farmer.

Before CUDAHY, COFFEY and KANNE, Circuit Judges.


CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.

The appellants were all convicted of RICO and/or other criminal offenses in connection with their involvement in a drug, robbery and extortion ring headed by appellant Jack Farmer. The appellants have appealed their convictions on numerous grounds. We affirm.

I. FACTS

The investigation leading to the drug and racketeering charges in this large RICO conspiracy case began in 1983 when one Taras Jaworskyj told the FBI about the...

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