U.S. v. MALDONADO

Nos. 16-4083 & 17-1402.

893 F.3d 480 (2018)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jose MALDONADO and Francisco Masias, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 21, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stuart D. Fullerton , Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Michael J. Thompson , Attorney, Law Offices of Beau B. Brindley, Chicago, IL, Gal Pissetzky , Attorney, Pissetzky & Berliner, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant Jose Maldonado.

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

Before Wood, Chief Judge, and Bauer and Sykes, Circuit Judges.


Jose Maldonado and Francisco Masias (together, "the Defendants") were charged with conspiring to distribute cocaine, amongst six other counts irrelevant to this appeal. During trial, the district court gave a multiple conspiracies jury instruction and refused to give a "meeting of the minds" instruction proposed by Masias....

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