UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee,
v.
Jeff BOYD, Charles Green, Sammy Knox, Noah R. Robinson, and Melvin Mays, Defendants-Appellants.
United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued September 27, 1999.
Decided April 3, 2000.
Rehearings Denied May 18, 2000.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
David E. Bindi (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Criminal Division, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee in Nos. 98-2035 and 98-2036.
David E. Bindi (argued), Barry Rand Elden, Chief of Appeals, Office of the United States Attorney, Criminal Division, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee in Nos. 98-2037, 98-2038 and 98-2060.
Jed Stone (argued), Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant Boyd.
Douglas P. Roller (argued), Roller & Associates, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant Green.
Richard H. McLeese (argued), Decker & Associates, Michael J. Falconer, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant Knox.
John M. Beal (argued), Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant Robinson.
Richard H. McLeese (argued), Decker & Associates, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant Mays.
Before POSNER, Chief Judge, and RIPPLE and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.
POSNER, Chief Judge.
The defendants, members of Chicago's "El Rukn" street gang, were indicted along with other members of the gang in 1989 on a variety of serious federal charges. They were tried before a jury in 1991 (all but appellant Mays) and convicted; but the trial judge (Judge Aspen) ordered a new trial because the government had knowingly used false testimony to convict them and had failed to disclose materials that...
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