U.S. v. ORTIZ

Nos. 92-1070, 92-1161, 92-1162, 92-1174, and 92-1374.

5 F.3d 288 (1993)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jose L. ORTIZ, Edwin Torres, Ivan J. Correa, Luis A. Oquendo, also known as Luis Rodriguez, and Carlos A. Diaz, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 23, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bennett E. Kaplan (argued), Office of the U.S. Atty., Crim.Div., Barry R. Elden, Asst. U.S. Atty., Crim. Receiving, Appellate Div., Chicago, IL, for U.S. in Nos. 92-1070, 92-1161 and 92-1374.

Rocco J. DeGrasse, Asst. U.S. Atty., Bennett E. Kaplan (argued), Crim. Div., Barry R. Elden, Asst. U.S. Atty., Crim. Receiving, Appellate Div., Chicago, IL, for U.S. in Nos. 92-1162 and 92-1174.

Carl P. Clavelli, Chicago, IL, for Jose L. Ortiz.

Sheldon Nagelberg (argued), Chicago, IL, for Edwin Torres.

Stanley L. Hill, Vickie Voukidis Blum (argued), Christopher W. Graul, Hill & Associates, Chicago, IL, for Ivan J. Correa.

John M. Cutrone (argued), Chicago, IL, for Luis A. Oquendo.

Thomas A. Durkin, Durkin, Morgan, Roberts, Barnett & Bley, Daniel S. Alexander (argued), Chicago, IL, for Carlos A. Diaz.

Before COFFEY and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges, and RONEY, Senior Circuit Judge.


RONEY, Senior Circuit Judge.

Defendants Ivan Correa, Carlos Diaz, Martin Feliciano, Luis Oquendo, Jose Ortiz, and Edwin Torres were charged in a twocount indictment with conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute approximately seven kilograms of cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) and 846. Feliciano pleaded guilty, Ortiz pleaded guilty to the conspiracy count, and the other four went...

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