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U.S. v. PLATO

Nos. 09-2099, 09-2716.

629 F.3d 646 (2010)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Clarence E. PLATO and Bishop C. Graham, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 22, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph H. Hartzler , Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Springfield, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee in No. 09-2099.

Jason P. Wagenmaker , Attorney, Mayer Brown LLP, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant in No. 09-2099.

Clarence Edward Plato , United States Penitentiary, Terre Haute, IN, pro se.

Richard N. Cox (argued), Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Urbana, IL, Linda L. Mullen , Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Rock Island, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee in No. 09-2716

Gabriel P. Hardy , Attorney, Goodman Law Offices LLC, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant in No. 09-2716.

Before BAUER and SYKES, Circuit Judges, and GRIESBACH, District Judge.

SYKES, Circuit Judge.

Clarence Plato and Bishop Graham were jointly tried and convicted by a jury of distributing crack cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1). Law-enforcement officers caught the pair on videotape selling crack cocaine to a confidential informant inside a car parked at a restaurant in Springfield, Illinois. Graham raises two issues on appeal. First, he argues that his trial should have been severed...

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