U.S. v. PATTON

No. 16-1319.

847 F.3d 883 (2017)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Tyran PATTON, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided February 9, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Helene B. Greenwald , Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Beau B. Brindley , Michael J. Thompson , Attorneys, Law Offices of Beau B. Brindley, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before Manion, Kanne, and Hamilton, Circuit Judges.


Tyran Patton was a high-level drug dealer who, after being arrested for an unrelated firearms offense, agreed to cooperate with the government. Patton acted as an informant in the government's investigation of illegal firearm sales but then disappeared for several months. After he reemerged, he pleaded guilty to the drug charges...

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