United States v. Villasenor, No. 10-2999 (7th Cir. 2011)
Annotate this CaseDefendant and 16 others, was charged with crimes arising out of a conspiracy to distribute cocaine and marijuana across several states. A jury found him guilty of 16 out of 19 charged counts. The Seventh Circuit affirmed, finding sufficient evidence to support the conviction. The trial court properly admitted statements by a co-conspirator, despite the co-conspirator's previous status as a DEA informant, because he was acting as a co-conspirator and furthering the goals of the conspiracy when he made the statements. The court did not abuse its discretion in rejecting a "Brady" claim, concluding that the strength of the remaining evidence rendered the suppressed evidence evidence immaterial.
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