UNITED STATES v. CORDELL

No. 83-1103.

723 F.2d 1283 (1983)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Kelly L. CORDELL, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 12, 1983.

Certiorari Denied February 21, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter F. Kelly, Sutton & Kelly, Milwaukee, Wis., for defendant-appellant.

Ira H. Raphaelson, Asst. U.S. Atty., Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before ESCHBACH and POSNER, Circuit Judges, and SWYGERT, Senior Circuit Judge.


ESCHBACH, Circuit Judge.

We are asked in this appeal to determine whether, during an encounter between police officers and the appellant, Kelly Cordell, Cordell was illegally detained in violation of his right under the Fourth Amendment to be free from unreasonable seizures. We are also asked to determine whether the government presented sufficient evidence at trial to show that Cordell knowingly possessed the cocaine with...

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