United States v. Hobbs

BAUER, Circuit Judge.

Defendant-Appellant Charles V. Hobbs appeals from the district court’s denials of his motions to suppress evidence obtained from searches of Hobbs’s car and residence. Hobbs contends that the officers lacked probable cause to stop Hobbs and search his car or to obtain a search warrant for his house. We agree with the district judge’s conclusions that probable cause existed in both instances challenged by Hobbs, and therefore AjffiRM the denials of Hobbs’s motions to suppress.

I. Background

All of the matters that are the subject of this case began with a Peoria murdér. In…