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U.S. v. SMITH

Nos. 98-1501, 98-1578, 98-1683, 98-1684, 98-2005, 98-2179 and 98-2570.

223 F.3d 554 (2000)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Frank SMITH, Keith McCain, Russell Ellis, Eric Wilson, Sherman Moore, Steven Pink and Charles Poteete, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 17, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry Rand Elden, Chief of Appeals, Phyllis Sumner (Argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Criminal Division, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Patrick W. Blegen, David G. Duggan (Argued), Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant Frank Smith.

Standish E. Willis (Argued), Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant Keith McCain.

Linda Amdur (Argued), Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant Russell Ellis.

Jerry B. Kurz (Argued), Hall & Kurz, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant Eric Wilson.

David G. Duggan (Argued), Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant Sherman Moore.

Michael G. Logan (Argued), Ashman & Stein, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant Steven Pink.

Rick Halprin, David Duggan (Argued), Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant Charles Poteete.

Before FLAUM, Chief Judge, and MANION and DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judges.

DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judge.

For many years, the Gangster Disciples (GD) street gang operated a massive drug distribution business in the Chicago area. Eventually, the government caught up with it, and in 1995 the grand jury returned indictments against different members of the GD gang. We considered the appeals of other GDs in United States v. Jackson, 207 F.3d 910 (7th Cir.2000), and in United States v. Irwin,

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