U.S. v. ROGERS

Nos. 94-2368, 94-3836.

89 F.3d 1326 (1996)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Artez Lamont ROGERS and Harrison R. King, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 17, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David E. Risley (argued), Office of U.S. Atty., Springfield, IL, for U.S.

Thomas E. Griffith, Jr. (argued), Erickson, Davis, Murphy, Johnson, Griffith & Walsh, Decatur, IL, for Artez Lamont Rogers.

Jon G. Noll, Jeffrey T. Page (argued), Springfield, IL, for Harrison R. King.

Before CUMMINGS, ESCHBACH and DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judges.


CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.

Defendants Harrison King and Artez Rogers raise several challenges to their respective convictions for various drug-related activities, including murder in furtherance of a continuing criminal enterprise and possession and distribution of cocaine. We affirm the district court on all counts. Most notably, we reject defendants' argument that their criminal enterprise must have had a purpose "separate and apart" from drug dealing in order to...

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