UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. CHRISTOPHER SIMPSON (23-3311); MARQUISE FIGURES (23-3331); ANTUAN L. WYNN (23-3333) - Articles

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. CHRISTOPHER SIMPSON (23-3311); MARQUISE FIGURES (23-3331); ANTUAN L. WYNN (23-3333)

Posted by: Azya Thornton on May 21, 2025

Court: 6th Circuit Court (Published Opinions)

Attorneys 1: ON BRIEF: Steven D. Jaeger, HEMMER WESSELS MCMURTRY, Ft. Mitchell, Kentucky, for Appellant in 23-3311.

Attorneys 2: ON BRIEF: Sanford A. Schulman, Detroit, Michigan, for Appellant in 23-3331. Benton C. Martin, FEDERAL COMMUNITY DEFENDER, Detroit, Michigan, for Appellant in 23-3333.

Attorneys 3: ON BRIEF: James A. Ewing, Jason Manion, UNITED STATES ATTORNEY’S OFFICE, Cleveland, Ohio, for Appellee.

Judge(s): CLAY, THAPAR, and READLER, Circuit Judges

Court Appealed: United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio at Toledo

CHAD A. READLER, Circuit Judge. Officers discovered a large-scale drug distribution scheme operating in Toledo, Ohio. From those revelations, Christopher Simpson, Marquise Figures, and Antuan Wynn were charged with a host of federal crimes related to trafficking in cocaine, cocaine base, and fentanyl. The three defendants were tried in a joint proceeding. And except as to one charge against Wynn, the jury returned guilty verdicts as to all three. In this consolidated appeal, defendants challenge their convictions as well as their resulting sentences. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

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