U.S. v. HARRIS

No. 12-5174.

735 F.3d 1187 (2013)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Germain HARRIS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

November 15, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Gorence , Gorence & Oliveros, P.C., Albuquerque, NM, for Defendant-Appellant.

Timothy L. Faerber , Assistant United States Attorney, Northern District of Oklahoma, Tulsa, OK ( Danny C. Williams, Sr. , United States Attorney, and Leena Alam , Assistant United States Attorney, with him on the brief), for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before BRISCOE, Chief Judge, KELLY, and GORSUCH, Circuit Judges.


GORSUCH, Circuit Judge.

Germain Harris's legal troubles had their start in those of another man. Authorities suspected—and eventually convicted—Alonzo Johnson of participating in the contract killing of Neal Sweeney, a Tulsa businessman. While officers worked to build their murder-for-hire case against Mr. Johnson and his co-conspirators, a fair number of facts began pointing to Mr. Harris's auto shop as a place where evidence might be hidden. So officers...

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