Legal Opinion
United States v. Bernardo Garcia
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 2, 2007No. 06-2741PublishedCited by 92 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
The defendant appeals from his conviction for crimes relating to the manufacture of methamphetamine. The only issue is whether evidence obtained as a result of a tracking device attached to his car should have been suppressed as the fruit of an unconstitutional search.
The defendant had served time for methamphetamine offenses. Shortly after his release from prison, a person who was a known user of meth reported to police that the defendant had brought meth to her and her husband, consumed it with them, and told them he wanted to start manufacturing meth again. Another…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Kyllo v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2001
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