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U.S. v. HAMZAT

Nos. 97-1987, 97-2541, 98-3839.

217 F.3d 494 (2000)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Akanni HAMZAT, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 26, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick S. Layng (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Criminal Division, Chicago, IL, for plaintiff-appellee in Nos. 97-1987 and 97-2541.

Patrick S. Layng (submitted), Office of the United States Attorney, Criminal Division, Chicago, IL, for plaintiff-appellee in No. 98-3839.

Scott J. Frankel (argued), Frankel & Cohen, Chicago, IL, for defendant-appellant Hamzat.

Marianne Hannigan (argued), Belleville, IL, for defendant-appellant Adeniji.

Sunny Emezuo, Federal Correctional Institution, Sandstone, MN, Steven H. Jesser, Northfield, IL, for defendant-appellant Emezuo.

Before POSNER, Chief Judge, and BAUER and DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judges.

DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judge.

Akanni Hamzat, Adetoro Adeniji, and Sunny Emezuo were involved in a major way during the early 1990s with trafficking in heroin between Nigeria, Thailand, and the United States. Led by Omobola Adegbite (known as "Bola"), a woman who lived in Merrillville, Indiana, the ring involved nearly twenty people.

Hamzat, Adeniji, and Emezuo, the three defendants before us in these appeals, worked for Bola in various capacities. Hamzat,...

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