U.S. v. SMITH

No. 08-1369.

576 F.3d 762 (2009)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Walter C. SMITH, III, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 13, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jennifer Hudson (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Criminal Division, Fairview Heights, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Aaron J. Schechter (argued), Kirkland & Ellis, New York, NY, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before FLAUM, WOOD, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.


WOOD, Circuit Judge.

Police suspected Walter C. Smith III of selling drugs out of a pink house in Mulberry Grove, Illinois. They set up surveillance and controlled buys, which provided them with probable cause for the search warrants that they obtained on January 21, 2005, and May 17, 2006. In searching the premises, they retrieved large sums of money, surveillance equipment, firearms, and large quantities of cocaine and marijuana. Smith was convicted of eight cocaine...

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