Legal Opinion
United States v. Anthony Deberry
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 22, 1996No. 95-2232PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Chief Judge.
The defendant was sentenced to 57 months in prison for being a felon in possession of a gun in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). He claims that the gun was seized in violation of the Fourth Amendment and should therefore not have been used as evidence (the essential evidence) against him. The seizure came about in the following way. One afternoon a uniformed police officer on patrol in his car in Decatur, Illinois received a message from his dispatcher conveying an anonymous tip that at the corner of Main and Calhoun Streets was a black man wearing a tan shirt and tan…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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3Cited by57 opinions
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