Legal Opinion
United States v. Carlos L. Carpenter
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 6, 2005No. 04-2270PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
While one officer was giving Carlos Carpenter a ticket for evading a red light, another arrived with a drug-detection dog. The dog’s alert provided probable cause to search the car for drugs, which were duly found. Carpenter pleaded guilty to possession of crack cocaine with intent to distribute, reserving the right to contest on appeal the denial of his motion to suppress. He contended that his situation is identical to the one then before the Supreme Court in Illinois v. Caballes , — U.S. —, 125 S.Ct. 834, 160 L.Ed.2d 842 (2005), where the state court had held…
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