U.S. v. EDWARDS

Nos. 89-2880, 89-2890 to 89-2892, 89-2952, 89-2953, 89-3101, 89-3519, 90-1869 and 90-2117.

945 F.2d 1387 (1991)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jackie EDWARDS, Leda Martin, Olanrewaju Raji, Andre Stover, Jimmy Lee Coleman, C.C. Hampton, Marlowe Cole, Eric L. Bennett, Reggie Griffin, and Ronald McMillen, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided October 15, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sean B. Martin (argued), Barry R. Elden, Vilija Bilaisis, Asst. U.S. Attys., Office of the U.S. Atty., Criminal Receiving, Appellate Div., Chicago, Ill., for U.S.

Robert F. Nemzin (argued), Anita Rivkin-Carothers, Chicago, Ill., for Jackie Edwards.

William H. Theis (argued), Chicago, Ill., for Leda Martin.

Bruce H. Bornstein (argued), Freedman & Bornstein, Chicago, Ill., for Olanrewaju Raji.

Robert A. Korenkiewicz (argued), Chicago, Ill., for Andre Stover.

Carl P. Clavelli, Chicago, Ill., for Jimmy L. Coleman.

Nathan Diamond-Falk (argued), Chicago, Ill., for C.C. Hampton.

Julie L. Friedman (argued), Chicago, Ill., for Marlowe Cole.

Richard T. Sikes (argued), Chicago, Ill., for Eric L. Bennett.

Michael D. Gerstein (argued), Chicago, Ill., for Ronald K. McMillen.

William J. Stevens (argued), Chicago, Ill., for Reggie Griffin.

Before CUMMINGS and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges, and ESCHBACH, Senior Circuit Judge.


CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.

For three years from 1986 through December 1988, Marlowe Cole presided over the "IBM" of heroin distribution systems on the south side of Chicago. Drug enforcement agents investigated the operation, and the United States convened a Special Grand Jury in April 1987 to review evidence obtained primarily through an extensive compilation of authorized wiretapped telephone conversations. The Grand Jury...

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