U.S. v. EDWARDS

No. 88-2530.

898 F.2d 1273 (1990)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Kevin EDWARDS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 2, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Shepard, David J. Stetler, Joan G. Fickinger, Asst. U.S. Attys., Crim. Receiving, Appellate Div., Chicago, for plaintiff-appellee.

Lewis Myers, Jr., Childs, Myers & Willis, Chicago, for defendant-appellant.

Before FLAUM and EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judges, and GRANT, Senior District Judge.


FLAUM, Circuit Judge.

Kevin Edwards was stopped for questioning by law enforcement officers at the Amtrak station in Chicago after arriving by train from Los Angeles. After questioning, the officers detained his luggage and a trained narcotics-detection dog alerted to the presence of narcotics in the luggage. The officers then obtained a search warrant and opened the luggage, discovering cocaine and marijuana. Edwards was subsequently arrested and charged with possession...

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