United States v. Regina Radford

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

The defendant, Regina Radford, was' convicted of possession of heroin with intent to distribute at least 100 grams of the drug, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)'—-a crime that normally (though not in this case, as we’ll see) subjects the offender to a minimum prison term of five years. Id. § 841(b)(1)(B). She argues that the search of her handbags was the product of an unlawful seizure of her—a seizure not authorized by warrant or probable cause—and that she did not consent to the search. The district judge, however, agreed with the government that Radford had not…