U.S. v. VASQUEZ

No. 09-4056.

635 F.3d 889 (2011)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Alexander VASQUEZ, Jr., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 14, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen Chahn Lee (argued), Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Beau B. Brindley , Blair Westover (argued), Attorneys, Shapiro & Brindley, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before EVANS, SYKES, and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges.


EVANS, Circuit Judge.

A jury convicted Alexander Vasquez of conspiring to possess more than 500 grams of cocaine with intent to distribute. He was subsequently sentenced to serve a term of 240 months. On appeal, Vasquez asks us to reverse his conviction and remand the case for a new trial on several grounds: that the judge (1) should have excluded evidence of his prior drug conviction; (2) should have granted his motion to suppress evidence found in a warrantless...

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