Legal Opinion

United States v. McCauley

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided October 6, 2011No. 10-2382PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PALLMEYER, District Judge.

When police arrested Terrance A. McCauley on an assault charge, they found crack cocaine secreted in his pants leg. McCauley moved to suppress the drug evidence, but the district court denied the motion and, after accepting McCauley’s conditional guilty plea, sentenced McCauley to the mandatory minimum five-year term. On appeal, McCauley argues that his arrest was not supported by probable cause and that the district court erred in concluding that the use of a baseball bat in the assault justified enhancing his sentence for use of a weapon. We are satisfied that…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Ybarra v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  2. Hill v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  3. Paul W. Gatlin v. United States of America, Dennis O. Miller v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1963
  4. United States v. Leroy FisherCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1983
  5. United States v. Ulice AskewCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2005

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3Cited by20 opinions

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  3. United States v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2012
  4. United States v. Kenneth SandidgeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2015
  5. United States v. Edwin SanchezCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2013

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