U.S. v. MACIAS

No. 18-1981.

927 F.3d 985 (2019)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Roberto MACIAS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 21, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Esther Soria Mignanelli , Attorney, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Devi M. Rao , Attorney, Carla Joanne Weiss , Attorney, Barry Levenstam , Attorney, JENNER & BLOCK LLP, Washington, DC, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before Ripple, Manion, and Sykes, Circuit Judges.


Roberto Macias helped move drug money from Chicago to Mexico. At his bench trial, he challenged a drug-conspiracy charge by testifying he thought the cash came from human smuggling, not drug trafficking. But the district judge did not believe him. The judge convicted him and imposed a two-level enhancement under U.S.S.G. ...

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