United States v. Henry Brown

EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

A jury convicted Henry Brown of conspiring to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine. Brown’s recidivism led the judge to sentence him to life imprisonment. His principal contention on appeal is that the court should have prevented the prosecutor from introducing evidence traceable to information gleaned from a GPS (Global Positioning System) monitor that investigators attached to a car in 2006. The Supreme Court held in 2012 that the intrusion on the property interest of a car’s owner is a “search,” valid only if reasonable. United States v. Jones, — U.S.…