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U.S. v. THORNTON

No. 91-3032.

972 F.2d 764 (1992)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. George THORNTON, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 11, 1992.

Rehearing Denied September 29, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick J. Hess, U.S. Atty., Office of the U.S. Atty., Criminal Div., Fairview Heights, Ill., Michael C. Carr, Asst. U.S. Atty. (argued), Office of the U.S. Atty., Benton, Ill., for U.S.

Paul Morris (argued), Stephen H. Rosen, Coral Gables, Fla., for Thornton.

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

HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Senior Circuit Judge.

On May 23, 1986, an eighteen-count indictment was filed in the Western District of Pennsylvania. The indictment charged George Thornton and others known and unknown with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute more than 1,000 pounds of marihuana in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) and 846. According to the indictment and the allegations at trial, this conspiracy ran from March 1, 1981, to approximately...

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