UNITED STATES v. CANTERO

No. 82 CR 256.

551 F.Supp. 397 (1982)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. Jose Luis CANTERO, Defendant.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, E.D.

November 18, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph H. Hartzler, Asst. U.S. Atty., Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff.

James P. Tatooles, Chicago, Ill., for defendant.


Memorandum

LEIGHTON, District Judge.

This is a motion to suppress evidence seized from a suitcase which defendant was carrying near a baggage retrieval area at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago. The issue presented is whether he was subjected to an unreasonable search when his suitcase was opened after he was stopped at the airport by government narcotic agents. Evidence consisting of defendant's testimony and that of three government witnesses has...

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