UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee,
v.
Vincent EDWARDS, Reynolds A. Wintersmith, Horace Joiner, Karl V. Fort, and Joseph Tidwell, Defendants-Appellants.
United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued December 2, 1996.
Decided January 30, 1997.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Barry Rand Elden, Chief of Appeals, Office of the United States Attorney, Criminal Appellate Division, Chicago, IL, Elizabeth Collery (argued), Department of Justice, Criminal Division, Washington, DC, for U.S. in Nos. 94-3805 and 94-3833.
J. Michael McGuinness (argued), Chicago, IL, for Vincent Edwards.
Mark D. DeBofsky, Steven Shobat (argued), Mark D. DeBofsky, Richard Q. Holloway, Debofsky & Debofsky, Chicago, IL, for Reynolds A. Wintersmith.
James T. Zuba, Keith C. Syfert, Office of the United States Attorney, Rockford, IL, Elizabeth Collery (argued), Department of Justice, Criminal Division, Washington, DC, for U.S. in No. 94-3952.
Donald P. Sullivan (argued), Canfield, Canfield & Sullivan, Rockford, IL, for Horace Joiner.
Barry Rand Elden, Chief of Appeals, Office of the United States Attorney, Criminal Appellate Division, Chicago, IL, John G. McKenzie, Office of the United States Attorney, Rockford, IL, Elizabeth Collery (argued), Department of Justice, Criminal Division, Washington, DC, for U.S. in No. 94-3953.
Steven Shobat (argued), Chicago, IL, for Karl V. Fort.
Barry Rand Elden, Chief of Appeals, Office of the United States Attorney, Criminal Appellate Division, Chicago, IL, John G. McKenzie, Keith C. Syfert, Office of the United States Attorney, Rockford, IL, Elizabeth Collery (argued), Department of Justice, Criminal Division, Washington, DC, for U.S. in No. 95-1358.
Robert A. Handelsman (argued), Chicago, IL, for Joseph Tidwell.
Before CUMMINGS, EASTERBROOK, and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
An indictment charged that 20 persons, affiliated with the Gangster Disciples street gang, distributed cocaine in and near Rockford, Illinois. The leaders of this ring called themselves "The Mob". Five pleaded guilty; the remaining 15 were tried in three groups. Other panels of this court have affirmed the convictions and sentences resulting from two of these trials. United States v. Evans...
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