U.S. v. SMITH

Nos. 91-2297, 91-2563 and 91-3143.

995 F.2d 662 (1993)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ronald J. SMITH, James J. Marren, and Gerald T. Louison, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 3, 1993.

Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing Denied July 12, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick J. Hess, U.S. Atty., Robert T. Coleman, Asst. U.S. Atty., Office of the U.S. Atty., Fairview Heights, IL, and Michael C. Carr, Asst. U.S. Atty. (argued), Office of the U.S. Atty., Benton, IL, for the U.S.

Joseph Saint-Veltri (argued), Denver, CO, for Ronald J. Smith.

Lynn A. Hirschfeld (argued), Chicago, IL, for James J. Marren.

John Speroni (argued), Marion, IL, for Gerald T. Louison.

Before RIPPLE and KANNE, Circuit Judges, and LEINENWEBER, District Judge.


Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing En Banc Denied July 12, 1993.

KANNE, Circuit Judge.

This case requires us to revisit the Lanier/Kramer drug ring which has kept this court busy with numerous appeals over the past few years. For the sake of brevity, we will set forth only a general overview of the drug ring's operations and relate specific facts pertinent to each defendant's appeal as necessary.1

Randy Lanier and Benjamin...

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