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U.S. v. LOERA

No. 08-2324.

565 F.3d 406 (2009)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jose J. LOERA, Jr., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 15, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jacqueline Jacobs, Attorney (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Hammond, IN, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

P. Jeffrey Schlesinger, Attorney (argued), Merrillville, IN, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before POSNER, EVANS, and TINDER, Circuit Judges.

EVANS, Circuit Judge.

Jose Loera, Jr. was riding as a passenger in an SUV when Indiana state police pulled it over for a pair of traffic violations. This case, of course, isn't here because of traffic violations: the rig was packed with cocaine, and the stop was just an excuse to make a drug bust. Despite the precedent authorizing this tactic, Whren v. United States, 517 U.S. 806, 116 S.Ct. 1769, 135 L.Ed.2d 89 (1996), Loera...

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