Legal Opinion
John Ochana v. Fernando Flores and Anthony Schwocher
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 17, 2003No. 02-2227PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judge.
John Ochana fell asleep at the wheel of his car at a busy intersection in Chicago during rush hour. Fortunately for Ocha-na, police officers arrived in time to escort him safely out of the car. Unfortunately for Ochana, the officers also conducted a search of his car and found an unmarked bag of white powder and a mysterious bottle labeled in Spanish. Notwithstanding his protestations of “it’s not what you think,” Ochana was brought in on traffic and criminal charges and spent the better part of the weekend- in jail. Laboratory test results for the white powder…
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