UNITED STATES v. JONES

Nos. 20-1405, 20-1442, 20-2112, 20-2304, 20-2420, 20-2458, 20-2462, 20-2498, 20-2499, 20-3266, & 21-1002.

56 F.4th 455 (2022)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Thomas JONES, et al., Defendant-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 22, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian L. Reitz , Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Indianapolis, IN, for Plaintiff-Appellee in Nos. 20-1405, 20-1442, 21-1002.

Michelle P. Brady , Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Indianapolis, IN, for Plaintiff-Appellee in Nos. 20-2112, 20-2304, 20-2420, 20-2458, 20-2462, 20-2498, 20-2499, 20-3266.

Johanna M. Christiansen , Thomas W. Patton , Attorneys, Office of the Federal Public Defender, for Defendant-Appellant Thomas Jones in No. 20-1405.

Amir Mohabbat , Attorney, Chicagoland & Suburban Law Firm, P.C., for Defendant-Appellant Derrick Owens in No. 20-1442.

Jeffrey A. Baldwin , Tyler D. Helmond, Sr., Esq. , Attorneys, Voyles Vaiana Lukemeyer Baldwin & Webb, Indianapolis, IN, for Defendant-Appellant Antwon Abbott in No. 20-2112.

Charles Chrystal Hayes , Jane Corbett Hinton Ruemmele , Attorneys, Hayes Ruemmele LLC, Indianapolis, IN, for Defendant-Appellant Michael Jones in No. 20-2304.

Robert J. Palmer , Attorney, MAY, Oberfell & Lorber, Mishawaka, IN, for Defendant-Appellant Reggie Balentine in No. 20-2420.

Michelle L. Jacobs , Vanessa K. Eisenmann , Attorneys, Biskupic & Jacobs, S.C., Mequon, WI, for Defendant-Appellant Perry Jones in No. 20-2458.

Kenneth Lawrence Riggins, Esq. , Attorney, Devries Law Office, Indianapolis, IN, for Defendant-Appellant Shaun Myers in No. 20-2462.

Michael Evan Rayfield , Attorney, Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP, New York, NY, for Defendant-Appellant Michael O'Bannon in No. 20-2462.

Jessie A. Cook , Law Office of Jessie A. Cook, Attorney, for Defendant-Appellant Jason S. Reed in No. 20-2499.

Thomas A. Brodnik , Attorney, McNeely Law LLP, Indianapolis, IN, for Defendant-Appellant Pierre Riley in Nos. 20-3266, 21-1002.

Before Wood, Hamilton, and Kirsch, Circuit Judges.


Fourteen people were charged and convicted for a conspiracy to transport illegal drugs from Georgia for distribution in Kokomo, Indiana. In these consolidated appeals, ten defendants challenge their convictions and/or sentences on a host of issues: Pierre Riley, Reggie Balentine, Michael O'Bannon, Michael Jones, Jason Reed...

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