U.S. v. BRYANT

No. 13-1578.

750 F.3d 642 (2014)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Freddell BRYANT, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 17, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eugene L. Miller , Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Urbana, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Ishan Kharshedji Bhabha , Attorney, Jenner & Block LLP, Washington, DC, Barry Levenstam , Attorney, Jenner & Block LLP, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before BAUER and FLAUM, Circuit Judges, and VAN BOKKELEN, District Judge.


VAN BOKKELEN, District Judge.

The former gang leader Freddell Bryant elected to become an informant for the United States to avoid an otherwise mandatory life sentence for a drug charge. He obtained immunity from the direct use of statements he would give the federal government under their agreement, though not from federal use of any admissions he might make in assisting state law enforcement.

Bryant went on to provide information to Illinois authorities...

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