Legal Opinion
United States v. Tyron Freeman
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 21, 2012No. 11-2658PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SYKES, Circuit Judge.
Tyron Freeman and Brent Garner were caught in a sting operation set up by narcotics officers in Springfield, Illinois, using a couple of known drug associates working as cooperating informants. Freeman and Garner showed up at the appointed time and place for the undercover drug transaction in a minivan matching the description given by one of the informants. They remained at the scene for only a few minutes, however. As they drove away, the police initiated a traffic stop. A search of the two men and the van did not turn up any drugs, but the police arrested them anyway.…
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