U.S. v. NOVAK

Nos. 88-2562, 88-2563.

870 F.2d 1345 (1989)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Richard W. NOVAK and Hugo Leon, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 29, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Catherine M. Canright, William S. Mautner, Atinsky Kahn Sicula & Teper, Milwaukee, Wis., for defendants-appellants.

Eric J. Klumb, Asst. U.S. Atty., Milwaukee, Wis., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before WOOD, Jr., POSNER, and MANION, Circuit Judges.


HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.

To quote the district judge, "[T]his is not a venture of which law enforcement might be proud." Except for the regrettable performance of the officers this should have been a routine narcotics investigation. It happened at Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, when the two defendants, Richard W. Novak and Hugo Leon, arrived together from Miami.

Both defendants Novak and Leon were arrested at the airport...

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