U.S. v. JONES

No. 97-3766.

149 F.3d 715 (1998)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Dennis H. JONES, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 23, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

K. Tate Chambers, Office of the United States Attorney, Peoria, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

George F. Taseff, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Preoria, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before ESCHBACH, EASTERBROOK, and MANION, Circuit Judges.


EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

When the police arrived at the house in Peoria from which Dennis Jones routinely sold cocaine, one team approached the front door and another the back door. The officers had a warrant to search not only the house but also Jones's person for drugs. The back-door team found Jones leaving the back porch and took him into custody on the back lawn, finding crack cocaine in his pockets. The front-door team knocked on the door, shouted "Police...

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