U.S. v. JORDAN

No. 99-3171.

223 F.3d 676 (2000)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jose Solis JORDAN, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 17, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Huff (Argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Criminal Division, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Jed Stone (Argued), Chicago, IL, Linda Backiel, Oficina Legal, San Juan, PR, for Defendant-Appellant.

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


HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.

The ten issues on appeal range from the voluntariness of the defendant's confession to "colonialism." Except for the defendant's assertion that, as a colonial power, the courts of this country lack jurisdiction to try a citizen of Puerto Rico who has been charged with four related federal crimes committed in this country, there is nothing unusual about the other issues except for the context in which they arise. The defendant-appellant...

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