U.S. v. VELEZ

Nos. 93-2196, 93-2197.

46 F.3d 688 (1995)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. David VELEZ and Imelda Lomas-Flores, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided February 3, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark A. Flessner, Asst. U.S. Atty., Jon King (argued), Office of U.S. Atty., Crim. Div., Chicago, IL, for U.S.

Michael G. Logan, Chicago, IL (argued), for David Velez.

JoAnne F. Wolfson, John M. Cutrone (argued), James J. Cutrone, Chicago, IL, for Imelda Lomas-Flores.

Before POSNER, Chief Judge, COFFIN, and BAUER, Circuit Judges.


BAUER, Circuit Judge.

David Velez and his common-law wife, Imelda Lomas-Flores ("Lomas") were both convicted by a jury on various drug trafficking and money laundering charges. Convinced that the government committed prosecutorial misconduct in its closing argument, Velez and Flores contend that their convictions were improperly obtained. Velez also challenges his sentence, claiming that he was erroneously denied an acceptance of responsibility reduction under section...

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