U.S. v. JOHNSON-DIX

Nos. 93-3292, 93-3469, 93-3524, 93-3736 and 93-3818.

54 F.3d 1295 (1995)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Deborah JOHNSON-DIX, Carlos Meyers, Darrell Walton, Carl A. Dawson, Jr., and Garrett Thompson, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 23, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry Rand Elden, Asst. U.S. Atty., Office of the U.S. Attorney, Crim. Receiving, Appellate Div., Chicago, IL, Vicki S. Marani (argued), Dept. of Justice, Crim. Div., Washington, DC, for U.S. in Nos. 93-3292, 93-3469, 93-3736 and 93-3818.

Scott J. Frankel (argued), Robert R. Cohen, Frankel & Cohen, Chicago, IL, for Deborah Johnson-Dix.

Irwin L. Frazin, Frazin & Fisher, James Childs, Jr., Childs, Willis & Associates, Chicago, IL, for Carlos Meyers.

Barry Rand Elden, Asst. U.S. Atty., Office of the U.S. Attorney, Crim. Receiving, Appellate Div., Chicago, IL, Vicki S. Marani (argued), Dept. of Justice, Crim. Div., Washington, DC, Joseph D. Heyd, Office of the U.S. Attorney, Chicago, IL, for U.S. in No. 93-3524.

Ellen R. Domph (argued), Chicago, IL, for Darrell Walton.

Jeffrey Urdangen (argued), Chicago, IL, for Carl Dawson.

Luis M. Galvan (argued), Office of the Federal Defender Program, Chicago, IL, for Garrett Thompson.

Before CUDAHY, EASTERBROOK and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.


ROVNER, Circuit Judge.

This case is about a drug deal gone sour, leading to a shooting and then to an extortion attempt. Deborah Johnson-Dix, Carlos Meyers, Darrell Walton, and Garrett Thompson were charged with possession and with conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute approximately one-half kilogram of cocaine. Johnson-Dix, Walton, Thompson, and Carl A. Dawson, Jr., were charged with various extortion offenses, and Johnson-Dix, Thompson, and Dawson...

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