Legal Opinion
United States v. Lorenzo Funches, Juan Carlos Toro, and Carlos Dejesus Munoz
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 27, 2003No. 02-2999PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KANNE, Circuit Judge.
The three defendants, Lorenzo Funches, Juan Carlos Toro, and Carlos DeJesus Munoz, were indicted on various narcotics and firearms charges. The indictments arose from a warrantless arrest that followed a surveillance in which Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”) agents observed an exchange of plastic bags in an alley. A search incident to the arrest uncovered substantial amounts of drugs and cash. Defendants moved to suppress the evidence, claiming that the DEA agents lacked probable cause to arrest them and that all evidence recovered was therefore fruit of the…
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