Legal Opinion
United States v. Heron
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 5, 2009No. 07-3726PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOOD, Circuit Judge.
In May of 2006, Rohan Heron decided to ride shotgun with his friend Gigiman Hamilton on a cross-country road trip. It is unclear whether Heron initially knew that this trip was for the purpose of trafficking drugs. A confidential informant did know, however, and tipped off the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”). The DEA, in turn, let the Caseyville Police Department know that a semi-tractor trailer carrying a shipment of marijuana and possibly cocaine would be arriving in St. Clair County, Illinois. Based on this information, Officer Greg Hosp stopped Hamilton’s…
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