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- Title: United States v. Betts
- Author : United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
- Release Date : January 15, 1994
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 81 KB
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ROVNER, Circuit Judge. A jury convicted defendants Edward Betts and Randy and Judy Lane of conspiring to distribute in excess of one hundred kilograms of marijuana. Betts and Randy Lane were each sentenced to 360 months in prison; Judy Lane was ordered to serve 120 months. On appeal, all three defendants challenge the admission of evidence pursuant to Fed. R. Evid. 404(b) concerning the discovery of sixteen pounds of marijuana and other items in the Lanes' home some eighteen to twentyfour months after the charged conspiracy ended. The Lanes also contend the search that produced these items was illegal and that the statements Randy Lane made at the time of the search were involuntary and obtained in violation of Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436, 86 S. Ct. 1602, 16 L. Ed. 2d 694 (1966). Betts contends that he too was interrogated in violation of Miranda. In addition, he challenges the district court's refusal to depart downward to reduce the disparity between his sentence and the much shorter sentences imposed on two co-conspirators who were convicted separately. We affirm. I. FACTS
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