U.S. v. DUARTE

No. 93-2872.

28 F.3d 47 (1994)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ricardo DUARTE, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 29, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew B. Baker, Jr., Philip P. Simon, Asst. U.S. Attys., Dyer, IN, for plaintiff-appellee.

S. Ross Hubbell, Merrillville, IN, for defendant-appellant.

Before POSNER, Chief Judge, and EASTERBROOK and KANNE, Circuit Judges.


POSNER, Chief Judge.

The defendant pleaded guilty to a federal narcotics offense — then threatened the government's informant, which resulted in the defendant's receiving an enhanced sentence (of 15 months) on grounds of obstruction of justice. U.S.S.G. § 3C1.1. Later he pleaded guilty to witness retaliation for having threatened the informant, 18 U.S.C. § 1513, and was sentenced to 37 months in prison, to run concurrently with his 15-month sentence...

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