U.S. v. STEVENSON

Nos. 90-2082, 90-2092, 90-2125.

942 F.2d 1111 (1991)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Barry Kenneth STEVENSON, Ronald D. Vesper, and Gary B. Stevenson, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 30, 1991.

As Amended August 30, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert T. Coleman, Asst. U.S. Atty. (argued), Criminal Div., East St. Louis, Ill., for U.S.

James Hackett, Alton, Ill., for Barry K. Stevenson.

Renee E. Schooley, Federal Public Defender (argued), St. Louis, Mo., for Ronald D. Vesper.

John H. Rion, Dayton, Ohio, Suzanne Philbrick (argued), Chesterton, Ind., for Gary B. Stevenson.

Before BAUER, Chief Judge, EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge, and FAIRCHILD, Senior Circuit Judge.


BAUER, Chief Judge.

It was a family affair. Brothers Tim, Rick, and Steve Pressel ran a multi-state marijuana ring and brothers Barry and Gary Stevenson were part of their operation. Our story begins in the early 1980s in Gainesville, Florida when David Pruett met up with a marijuana dealer named Bill Hale. Pruett left Florida to move to Atlanta. Soon after, Hale had Pruett and one Dan Simpson driving trunkloads of marijuana from Atlanta to Manhattan, Kansas. Hale...

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