Legal Opinion
United States v. Richard Alexander Smith
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 21, 1997No. 96-2934PublishedCited by 94 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TERENCE T. EVANS, Circuit Judge.
Richard Alexander Smith had the bad luck to be stopped for speeding on Interstate 57 in Williamson County, Illinois. After determining that Smith did not own the car he was driving, the state trooper obtained written permission from Smith to search it. The trooper noticed packages wrapped in duct tape in the right door panel. One package was examined and found to contain what looked like marijuana. The car was taken to the Williamson County Jail where the door was dismantled. The other packages, all wrapped in duct tape, contained approximately 5 kilograms of…
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