Legal Opinion
United States v. Manuel Nicholas Diaz
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 28, 1987No. 86-1704PublishedCited by 69 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLAUM, Circuit Judge.
Defendant Manuel Diaz was convicted of five drug-related offenses arising out of his sale of cocaine to an undercover agent. On appeal he argues, among other things, that the police’s entry into his hotel room without either a search warrant or an arrest warrant violated the Fourth Amendment. Diaz therefore argues that his arrest was unlawful, and that physical evidence obtained by the police pursuant to their warrantless search should have been suppressed at trial as the fruit of a Fourth Amendment violation. We hold that the entry was lawful, and affirm Diaz’s…
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