U.S. v. ERVIN

Nos. 05-4700, 06-1834.

540 F.3d 623 (2008)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James ERVIN and Jay Zambrana, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 2, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel L. Bella (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Hammond, IN, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Jerold S. Solovy, Benjamin J. Bradford (argued), Jenner & Block, Chicago, IL, for James Ervin Defendant-Appellant.

Benjamin J. Bradford, Jenner & Block, Chicago, IL, Christopher W. Zibart, Michael S. Baig (argued), Foley & Lardner, Chicago, IL, for Jay Zambrana Defendant-Appellant.

Before POSNER, KANNE, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.


KANNE, Circuit Judge.

A federal grand jury charged Jay Zambrana and James Ervin with violating numerous provisions of federal law by participating in a drug-trafficking conspiracy, see 18 U.S.C. §§ 2, 922(g)(1), 1951, 1956(a)(1)(A)(i), (a)(1)(B)(i), 1957; 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), 843(b), 846, 856(a)(1), and by killing two men in furtherance of that conspiracy, see 18 U.S.C. § 2; 21 U.S.C. § 848(e)(1)(A). Before trial, Zambrana...

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