U.S. v. HERRERA-MEDINA

Nos. 87-1335 to 87-1342.

853 F.2d 564 (1988)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Manuel HERRERA-MEDINA, Baltazar Herrera-Terrazas, Gustavo Aguillar, Mateo Cano, Rodolfo Esparza-Corral, Salvador Jacquez, Juan Rios, and Antonio Salcido, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 2, 1988.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied September 9, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John A. Meyer and Gregory J. Schlesinger, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellants.

Jacqueline O. Stern, Asst. U.S. Atty. (Anton R. Valukas, U.S. Atty.), Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before CUMMINGS and POSNER, Circuit Judges, and ESCHBACH, Senior Circuit Judge.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied September 9, 1988.

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

The eight appellants were tried together and found guilty of a variety of federal offenses arising from their participation in a major drug ring that smuggled heroin, cocaine, and marijuana from Mexico to Texas and then transported it to Illinois and Indiana for resale to consumers. They received prison sentences ranging from three and a half years to eighteen years. They raise...

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