U.S. v. ORTIZ

Nos. 95-1386, 95-1869.

84 F.3d 977 (1996)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Julio ORTIZ and Manuel Hurtado, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 24, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew L. Jacobs (argued), Thomas P. Schneider, Office of the U.S. Atty., Milwaukee, WI, for the U.S.

David J. Cannon (argued), Michael, Best & Friedrich, Milwaukee, WI, for Julio Ortiz.

Michael J. Edmonds (argued), Milwaukee, WI, for Manuel Hurtado.

Before BAUER, CUDAHY, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.


TERENCE T. EVANS, Circuit Judge.

Manuel Hurtado and Julio Ortiz were arrested on September 7, 1991, in connection with a distribution of heroin charge. Ortiz, however, was released by the arresting officers shortly after being stopped. Hurtado was less fortunate; he was taken into custody.

Three days after the arrest, on September 10, 1991, Ortiz and Hurtado were charged in an indictment alleging conspiracy to possess heroin with intent to distribute and the...

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