U.S. v. Cavender, No. 98-3449 (7th Cir.) (228 F.3d 792) (October 3, 2000) (Judge Diane P. Wood)
Here, without deciding whether circuit precedent holding that drug quantities in Title 21 prosecutions are sentencing enhancements rather than elements should be reconsidered, the Seventh Circuit found that any error was harmless where the indictment charged that defendants had handled "multiple kilograms of mixtures containing cocaine base" and that evidence ...
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