United States Seventh Circuit

Defendant's conviction and sentence for drug-related offenses is affirmed over claims of error regarding: 1) sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the conviction for conspiracy; 2) ineffective assistance of counsel; 3) the court's calculation of the drug quantity which could be attributable to the defendant; 4) the increase in the sentence based on his supervisory role in the offense; and 5) the judge's failure to set a payment schedule for a fine.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/05/2007
• Decided 05/12/2008
• Published 05/12/2008

Judges

• EVANS, Circuit Judge., Before POSNER, EVANS, and SYKES, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Stephen A. Kubiatowski (argued), Ronald Dewald, Office of the United States Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Bart Beals (argued), Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.