Legal Opinion
United States v. Harris
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 25, 2009No. 07-4017PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.
After Jerome Harris, a convicted felon, threw a bag containing drugs to the ground, he was arrested and read his Miranda rights. Harris told the officers that he had dropped guns off at his girlfriend’s home earlier that day and later showed the officers exactly where to find them. He also acknowledged .that he had been holding a bag containing drugs and then tossed it when he saw the officers, although he said he was holding the drugs for someone else. Needless to say, Harris’s statements did not serve him well at trial. A jury convicted him of being a felon in…
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