United States v. Haynes

Willie Haynes was indicted after sheriff's deputies in Winnebago County executed a search warrant and found drugs and a *664loaded handgun in his house. Haynes pleaded guilty to possessing heroin and cocaine base with intent to distribute and to possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug-trafficking crime; he was sentenced to 108 months' imprisonment. Haynes argues that the items found during the search should have been suppressed because, he says, the affidavit supporting the warrant did not establish probable cause. We affirm the judgment.

I. BACKGROUND

A confidential informant ("CI")…