United States v. Randolph Thompson, Terrius Wynn, Alcus Todd Thompson, and Donovan Dawes

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• ruling that “courts have no affirmative duty to determine whether a defendant’s silence is the result of a knowing and voluntary decision not to testify” (citations omitted
• concluding that § 924(c)’s mandatory 5‐year sentence No. 11‐1553 Page 3 running consecutively to 30‐year sentence does not violate Eighth Amendment
• ruling that \courts have no affirmative duty to determine whether a defendant’s silence is the result of a knowing and voluntary decision not to testify\ (citations omitted
• noting that \shar[ing] customers and cooperat[ing] together when making sales\ were evidence of a conspiracy
• noting that “shar[ing] customers and cooperat[ing] together when making sales” were evidence of a conspiracy
• reasoning that consecutive 5-year and 30-year sentences for possession of dangerous weapon during drug trafficking crime are not grossly disproportionate

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