U.S. v. LECHUGA

No. 91-2891.

994 F.2d 346 (1993)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Humberto LECHUGA, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Reargued December 15, 1992.

Decided May 13, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric J. Klumb, R. Jeffrey Wagner, argued, Asst. U.S. Attys., Milwaukee, WI, for plaintiff-appellee.

James M. Shellow, argued, Robert R. Henak, Dean A. Strang, Shellow, Shellow & Glynn, Milwaukee, WI, for defendant-appellant.

Before BAUER, Chief Judge, and CUMMINGS, CUDAHY, POSNER, COFFEY, FLAUM, EASTERBROOK, RIPPLE, MANION, KANNE, and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.


Reargued En Banc December 15, 1992.

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

An indictment charged Humberto Lechuga with having in his possession more than 500 grams of cocaine, with the intention of distributing the cocaine; and also with having conspired with Evelio Pinto and unnamed others to distribute the cocaine. 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), 846. The jury convicted Lechuga on both counts, and the judge sentenced him to 75 months in prison.

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