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- Title: United States v. Zehm
- Author : Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals
- Release Date : January 27, 2000
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 59 KB
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Argued January 4, 2000 I) Facts On January 6, 1999, a grand jury in the Western District of Wisconsin returned a four-count indictment against Roger Zehm, charging him with one count of conspiring with Trevor Christiansen to distribute methamphetamine from February 1998 until early April 1998 and one count of conspiring with Eric Brown to distribute methamphetamine from February 1998 until June 1998. Zehm was also charged with two counts of distributing methamphetamine--a total of 4.25 grams--to Cathy Lindstrom on April 29, 1998 and May 4, 1998. Police arrested Zehm on January 13, 1999. Pursuant to a plea agreement, Zehm pleaded guilty to counts 3 and 4, which involved the ""retail"" sales of methamphetamine. See Appellant's Appendix B at 4. The trial court dismissed counts 1 and 2, involving the Christiansen and Brown conspiracies, in which Zehm had allegedly made ""bulk"" purchases of methamphetamine and other drugs that he would subsequently sell to individual buyers. Zehm admitted he had been in the business of dealing drugs for twenty years. See Appellant's Short Appendix at 7 (Trial Court ""Statement of Reasons""). From the third week of February 1998 until early April 1998, Zehm purchased methamphetamine and cocaine from Trevor Christiansen. He always paid in cash. As a rule, Zehm purchased drugs from Christiansen at Christiansen's home. After making an initial quarter-ounce methamphetamine purchase from Christiansen, Zehm developed a routine in which he bought three-quarters of an ounce of methamphetamine every three days over a six-week period. Zehm purchased nine ounces of methamphetamine and one ounce of cocaine over the course of his relationship with Christiansen. From February 1998 until June 1998, Zehm also purchased methamphetamine from Eric Brown. Again, he began with a relatively small initial purchase (one ounce), and then developed a routine in which he bought two to four ounces of methamphetamine every other day. Zehm bought the drugs at Brown's home in Minnesota, and always paid cash. During the month of May 1998, Brown was imprisoned. Scott Wells, who supplied Brown with methamphetamine, sold directly to Zehm on Brown's behalf while Brown was incarcerated. According to the Presentence Investigation Report, Zehm purchased 81 ounces total from Brown and Wells. The district court explained that Zehm maintained multiple drug suppliers so that he would have a ready source of drugs even if a supplier occasionally was unavailable.