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U.S. v. THOMAS

Nos. 97-4181, 98-1697.

159 F.3d 296 (1998)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Derrick THOMAS and Jason A. Scott, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided October 23, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey B. Lang (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Rock Island, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Rodney R. Nordstrom (argued), Peoria, IL, for Thomas.

George F. Taseff, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Peoria, IL, for Scott.

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

POSNER, Chief Judge.

Drug enforcement agents gave one of their confidential informants $675 in federal money to buy crack from a suspected drug dealer, defendant Scott. The informant arranged to purchase the crack from Scott, but when he arrived at the place appointed for the transaction Scott and his accomplice, defendant Thomas, robbed him of the "buy" money. The two were convicted of a number of federal crimes arising out of the robbery and given heavy sentences...

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