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U.S. v. CERVANTES

No. 93-2194.

19 F.3d 1151 (1994)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Roberto CERVANTES, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 22, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry R. Elden, Asst. U.S. Atty., John J. Tharp, Jr. (argued), John J. Tharp, Jr., Office of U.S. Atty., Crim. Receiving, Appellate Div., Chicago, IL, for plaintiff-appellee.

Julius L. Echeles (argued), Chicago, IL, for defendant-appellant.

Before POSNER, Chief Judge, and ESCHBACH and KANNE, Circuit Judges.

POSNER, Chief Judge.

Roberto Cervantes was convicted by a jury of the illegal sale of cocaine and sentenced to 57 months in prison. His appeal complains principally of the district judge's refusal to suppress as evidence money seized from Cervantes when he was arrested. The circumstances of that seizure were a little strange. An undercover agent, together with an informant, agreed to purchase several hundred grams of cocaine from a dealer named Diaz. They gave Diaz...

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