U.S. v. Fields, No. 01-3141 (D.C. Cir.) (325 F.3d 286) (April 11, 2003) (Judge Stephen F. Williams)
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published in Punch and Jurists
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Defendants Thomas Fields and Bernard Johnson were convicted of a number of offenses including a narcotics conspiracy and a RICO conspiracy. The RICO conspiracy included, among other acts, narcotics conspiracy, attempted murder, and armed kidnapping. They were then sentenced after the trial court found the amount of drugs involved …
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