Legal Opinion
United States v. Loera
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 15, 2009No. 08-2324PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EVANS, Circuit Judge.
Jose Loera, Jr. was riding as a passenger in an SUV when Indiana state police pulled it over for a pair of traffic violations. This case, of course, isn’t here because of traffic violations: the rig was packed with cocaine, and the stop was just an excuse to make a drug bust. Despite the precedent authorizing this tactic, Whren v. United States, 517 U.S. 806, 116 S.Ct. 1769, 135 L.Ed.2d 89 (1996), Loera contends that the district court should have suppressed the drug evidence. He also asks us to overturn his conviction for want of a speedy trial and, in the alternative,…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Apprendi v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Almendarez-Torres v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1998
- Whren v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1996
- United States v. PlaceSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Doggett v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
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3Cited by27 opinions
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