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U.S. v. DARDEN

Nos. 93-3386, 93-3448, 93-3449, 93-3451 to 93-3453 and 93-3456.

70 F.3d 1507 (1995)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Carlton DARDEN, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Carla Simone SEALS, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Michael WILLIAMS, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Raymond AMERSON, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Gerald Douglas HOPKINS, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Jerry Lee LEWIS, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Noble Laverne BENNETT, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided November 22, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellants Simon Pediel Tonkin, St. Louis, Missouri, argued (Joan E. Flesh, on the brief), for Darden.

Irene Jeanette Smith, St. Louis, Missouri, argued, for Seals.

Anita Rivkin-Carothers, Chicago, Illinois, argued, for Williams.

Alfred A. Speer, St. Louis, Missouri, argued, for Amerson.

Doris Gregory Black, St. Louis, Missouri, argued, for Lewis.

James M. Martin, St. Louis, Missouri, argued, for Bennett.

David L. Thornton, St. Louis, Missouri, argued, for Hopkins.

Michael K. Fagan, Assistant U.S. Attorney, St. Louis, Missouri, argued (Mary Jane Lyle, Dean R. Hoag, Daniel E. Meuleman, and Sam C. Bertolet, on the brief), for appellee.

Before BOWMAN, HEANEY, and MORRIS S. ARNOLD, Circuit Judges.

BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.

The United States presented evidence at the appellants' trial tending to show that Jerry Lee Lewis participated in and became the leader of a powerful criminal racketeering enterprise that for over ten years controlled a large percentage of the market for T's and Blues (a heroin substitute), heroin, and cocaine in north St. Louis. Lewis obtained and maintained his position by murdering competitors and others who threatened his organization ...

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