United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit No. 12-2472 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee,

v.

ERIC MICHAEL CHEEK, Defendant-Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois. No. 11-CR-10040 — James E. Shadid, Chief Judge.

ARGUED OCTOBER 31, 2013 — DECIDED JANUARY 22, 2014

Before BAUER, MANION, and ROVNER, Circuit Judges. MANION, Circuit Judge. Eric Cheek distributed illegal drugs for most of his adult life. Prior to this case, he was convicted of twelve offenses, including nine felony drug offenses. Following an extensive investigation, law enforcement officers arrested Cheek in 2011 for drug distribution activities. A jury convicted Cheek of four felonies, and the district court sentenced Cheek to 576 months’ imprisonment. Cheek appeals both his convic- tions and sentence. For the reasons discussed below, we affirm. 2 No. 12-2472

I. Background