Legal Opinion
United States v. Otha Dennis and James Brown, A/K/A Donald Ray Washington
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 11, 1997No. 96-1961, 96-2076PublishedCited by 79 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.
Defendants Otha Dennis (“Dennis”) and James Brown, a/k/a Donald Ray Washington (‘Washington”), appeal from their convictions for attempting to possess cocaine with intent to distribute it. Washington and Dennis raise several issues. Both defendants challenge as invalid an anticipatory search warrant authorizing the search of Dennis’s apartment after a controlled delivery of an Express Mail package containing cocaine. Dennis also contends that the initial warrantless seizure of the Express Mail package violated his Fourth Amendment rights and that the…
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