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U.S. v. DAWSON

Nos. 04-2557, 04-2592.

425 F.3d 389 (2005)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Pierre DAWSON and Alphonso Ingram, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 28, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George W. Jackson, III (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Joseph A. Morris (argued), Morris, Rathnau & Delarosa, Thomas A. Durkin (argued), Durkin & Roberts, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before CUDAHY, POSNER, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

The defendants were convicted by a jury of federal drug offenses and sentenced to 300 months in prison (Ingram) and 360 months (Dawson). Among the grounds for reversal that they press on us with misplaced zeal in more than 130 pages of briefs is that in every trial of a federal drug offender the prosecution must prove that the defendant's offense had an actual impact on interstate or foreign commerce. Otherwise, they argue, the prosecution may...

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