UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant,
v.
Harold JACKSON, Kevin Williams, Dion Lewis & Jathel Garrett, Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees, and
Derrick Mallett, Richard Wash, Scott Davis, James Doty, Michelle Gaines, Clarence Haywood, Cedric Parks & James A. Yates, Defendants-Appellants.
United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued January 21, 2000.
Decided March 23, 2000.
Rehearing and Rehearing Denied May 15, 2000
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Matthew C. Crowl (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Criminal Appeals Division, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Francis C. Lipuma (argued), Gerald J. Collins, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant Jackson.
Francis C. Lipuma (argued), Susan Shatz, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant Garrett.
George E. Becker (argued), Chicago, IL, William O. Walter, Mt. Prospect, IL, for Defendant-Appellant Lewis.
George E. Becker (argued), Chicago, IL, William J. Stevens, Kopka, Landau & Pinkus, Crown Point, IN, for Defendant-Appellant Mallett.
George E. Becker (argued), Kent R. Carlson, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant Wash.
Francis C. Lipuma (argued), Chicago, IL, Stephen E. Eberhardt, Tinley Park, IL, for Defendant-Appellant Davis.
George E. Becker (argued), Robert G. Clarke, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant Doty.
Francis C. Lipuma (argued), Donna Hickstein-Foley, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant Gaines.
Francis C. Lipuma (argued), Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant Williams.
George E. Becker (argued), Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant Haywood.
George E. Becker (argued), Chicago, IL, Gregory A. Adamski, Katherine E. Walz, Adamski & Conti, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant Parks.
Howard B. Levy (argued), Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant Yates.
Before POSNER, Chief Judge, and DIANE P. WOOD and EVANS, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.
Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied May 15, 2000
POSNER, Chief Judge.
The government in 1995 indicted 39 members of the Gangster Disciples, a street gang operating in southwestern Chicago and the southern Chicago suburbs, on federal narcotics charges. Twelve of these individuals, convicted by a jury in the federal district court in Chicago after a three-month trial, appeal to us, challenging their convictions and heavy sentences — three of the defendants...
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