U.S. v. HIGGINS

Nos. 95-1389, 95-1986 and 95-1987.

75 F.3d 332 (1996)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Mark HIGGINS, Thaddeus Harrison, and Orlando Potts, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided February 7, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry Rand Elden, Chief of Appeals, Eddie Stephens (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Criminal Appellate Division, Chicago, IL, for the United States.

Mark Higgins, Federal Prison Camp, Oxford, WI, pro se.

James J. Cutrone, Steven Weinberg (argued), Chicago, IL, for Mark Higgins.

Steven J. Weinberg (argued), Chicago, IL, for Orlando Potts.

Before EASTERBROOK, ROVNER, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.


EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

Of three persons jointly indicted for cocaine offenses, one pleaded guilty and two were convicted by a jury. Mark Higgins, who pleaded guilty, instructed his lawyer to appeal; counsel filed an Anders brief. As counsel concluded, Higgins lacks plausible appellate contentions. The unconditional plea surrendered any objection to the court's pretrial decisions; the judge followed Fed. R.Crim.P. 11 when taking the plea; and the judge...

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