Legal Opinion
United States v. Joel Villegas
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 4, 2004No. 02-3558PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.
In November 2001, a grand jury returned a two-count indictment against Joel Villegas; the indictment charged Mr. Ville-gas with one count of possessing with intent to distribute cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a) and with one count of carrying a firearm in relation to a drug trafficking offense in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c). Mr. Villegas moved to suppress the evidence on which the indictment was based. After the district court denied the motion without an evidentiary hearing, Mr. Villegas entered an unconditional plea of guilty on both counts and was…
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