United States Seventh Circuit

Consolidated appeals by three participants in drug conspiracy; all arguments rejected except challenge to district court's application of the drug offense murder cross reference to two defendants, which directs judges to apply the First-Degree Murder Guideline if defendant's relevant conduct includes the killing of a victim under circumstances that would constitute premeditated murder; court also approved admission of testimony of a murdered co-conspirator when the murder was reasonably foreseeable to other conspirators.

Appellate Information

• Argued 06/04/2001
• Decided 04/09/2002
• Published 04/09/2002

Judges

• WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge., Before RIPPLE, EVANS, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Melanie C. Conour (argued), Office of the U.S. Atty., Indianapolis, IN, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Richard L. Ford, New Palestine, IN, William H. Dazey, Jr. (argued), Indiana Federal Community Defenders, Inc., Indianapolis, IN for Defendant-Appellant in No. 99-4019., Michael J. Donahoe (argued), Epstein & Frisch, Indianapolis, IN, for Defendant-Appellant in No. 99-4074., Jessie A. Cook (argued), Terre Haute, IN for Defendant-Appellant in No. 99-4279., Jeffrey Baldwin, Baldwin & Dakich, Indianapolis, IN, William H. Dazey, Jr. (argued), Indiana Federal Community Defenders, Inc., Indianapolis, IN for Defendant-Appellant in No. 99-4280., William H. Dazey, Jr. (argued), Indiana Federal Community Defenders, Inc., Indianapolis, IN for Defendant-Appellant in No. 99-4281., Kent Carlson (argued), Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant in No. 99-4283., Richard S. Kling, Chicago-Kent College of Law, Chicago, IL, Jessie A Cook (argued), Terre Haute, IN, for Defendant-Appellant in No. 99-4296.