U.S. v. VILLEGAS

No. 02-3558.

388 F.3d 317 (2004)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Joel VILLEGAS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided November 4, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stuart J. Chanen (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Frederick F. Cohn (argued), Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before COFFEY, RIPPLE and KANNE, Circuit Judges.


RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.

In November 2001, a grand jury returned a two-count indictment against Joel Villegas; the indictment charged Mr. Villegas with one count of possessing with intent to distribute cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a) and with one count of carrying a firearm in relation to a drug trafficking offense in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c). Mr. Villegas moved to suppress the evidence on which the indictment was based. After the district...

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