U.S. v. SIMPSON

No. 02-3794, 02-3832, 02-2901.

337 F.3d 905 (2003)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Sammie J. SIMPSON, a.k.a. "Westside," LeVence Simpson, and Jerry E. McGinnis, a.k.a. "Doc," Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 24, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bradley W. Murphy (argued), Office of U.S. Atty., Peoria, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Spencer L. Daniels (argued), Peoria, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before FLAUM, Chief Judge, and EASTERBROOK and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges.


FLAUM, Chief Judge.

The defendants appeal their convictions and sentences for having conspired to distribute heroin and crack cocaine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 846 and 841(b)(1)(A). We affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

We provide only a brief description of the facts here; where additional facts are relevant to specific arguments, we mention them later. From 1997 to 2001, Sammie Simpson ("Sammie"), his brother LeVence Simpson ("LeVence"), and Jerry...

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