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U.S. v. Barta, No. 13-3208 (7th Cir.) ( F.3d ) (January 28, 2015) (Judge David F. Hamilton) by In this case, the Defendant, James Barta, was charged and convicted of bribery based on an undercover government sting operation that evolved into an agreement among Barta and his co-defendants to bribe …

U.S. v. McGowan, No. 06-1546 (7th Cir.) (478 F.3d 800) (February 28, 2007) (Judge Terrence T. Evans) by Defendant was convicted by a jury in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, of distributing cocaine, arising from two controlled-buy sales made to a government …