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U.S. v. TIDWELL

No. 98-2710.

178 F.3d 946 (1999)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Samuel K. TIDWELL, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 28, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Keith C. Syfert, Daniel L. Olson (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Rockford, IL, for plaintiff-appellee.

Howard B. Levy (argued), Chicago, IL, for defendant-appellant.

Before RIPPLE, DIANE P. WOOD, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.

EVANS, Circuit Judge.

Samuel K. Tidwell is before us for the third time. He was indicted, along with 19 others for being a member of a large-scale drug conspiracy operating out of Rockford, Illinois, between 1989-93. A jury convicted Tidwell on multiple charges and the district judge, Philip G. Reinhard, imposed a life sentence, mandated at the time by the federal sentencing guidelines. We denied Tidwell's direct appeal and affirmed his sentence (along with those...

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