U.S. v. SAVIDES

No. 87 CR 17.

665 F.Supp. 686 (1987)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. Christ SAVIDES, et al., Defendants.

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

July 27, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anton R. Valukas, U.S. Atty. by Thomas L. Knight and William Cook, Asst. U.S. Attys., Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff.

Edward M. Genson, Chicago, Ill., for defendant Savides.

Terence Gillespie, Chicago, Ill., for defendant Wilson.

Sam Adam, Chicago, Ill., for defendant Smith.


ORDER

BUA, District Judge.

This matter concerns defendants Christ Savides, Robert Wilson and Donald Smith's motions to suppress ten kilograms of cocaine seized without a warrant from a suitcase found in a trunk of a car on April 3, 1986. Because this court finds that the searching officers had probable cause to believe the suitcase contained dangerous instrumentalities that presented an imminent threat of harm to the public, no Fourth Amendment rights were...

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