Legal Opinion
United States v. Tejada
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 10, 2008No. 07-1395PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
The defendant pleaded guilty to federal drug offenses (and was sentenced to 120 months in prison), reserving however his claim that the drugs used in evidence against him had been seized in violation of the Fourth Amendment by DEA agents who did not have a search warrant. The district judge, after a hearing on the defendant’s motion to suppress the evidence, ruled that the drugs had been seized as a lawful incident to his arrest and alternatively that they would inevitably have been discovered.
One of the agents, posing as a buyer of cocaine, met with the defendant in the…
2Cases cited23 opinions
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- United States v. Barbara E. Stefonek, Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1999
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3Cited by48 opinions
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