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U.S. v. JOHNSON

Nos. 99-3902, 00-1525, 99-1516, 00-1524 & 00-1525.

248 F.3d 655 (2001)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Wilton JOHNSON, Jose J. Salazar, Javier C. Santa Cruz, and Jesus G. Guzman, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 23, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Markus Funk (argued and submitted), Office of the U.S. Attorney, Criminal Division, Chicago, IL, for plaintiff-appellee.

Gregory T. Everts, Quarles & Brady, Madison, WI, Wilton Johnson, Beaumont TX, for Wilton Johnson.

Erin C. Perkins (argued), Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, Chicago, IL, for Jose Salazar.

William Berndt (argued), Mayer, Brown & Platt, Chicago, IL, for Javier Santa-Cruz.

Victor F. Ciardelli, Kelly Q. Bennett (argued), Ciardelli & Cummings, Chicago, IL, Richard A. Canton, New York City, for Jesus Guzman.

Before BAUER, POSNER, and KANNE, Circuit Judges.

BAUER, Circuit Judge.

This opinion addresses a multi-issue appeal from a multi-defendant criminal drug trial. Our examination of this case leads us to affirm on all claims.

BACKGROUND

In early November 1998, Octavio Holguin asked Wilton Johnson to transport drugs for him from El Paso, Texas to the Days Inn Hotel in Shorewood, Illinois. Johnson and two others piled into a truck with a trailer attached and headed out to pick up over 500 kilograms of...

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