UNITED STATES v. HICKS

No. 20-2970.

15 F.4th 814 (2021)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Eddie C. HICKS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided October 6, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

John M. Beal , Attorney, John M. Beal , Attorney At Law, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Eddie C. Hicks, Texarkana, TX, Pro Se.

Before Easterbrook, Ripple, and St. Eve, Circuit Judges.


For about 30 years, Eddie Hicks worked as a police officer in Chicago. A jury concluded that he used his position to steal drugs and guns from pushers and to extort money from them. Hicks and his confederates (some on the force and others who used fake badges to make people believe they were) obtained from informants...

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