U.S. v. PAXTON

Nos. 14-2913 & 15-1294.

848 F.3d 803 (2017)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, Cross-Appellee, v. Cornelius PAXTON, et al., Defendants-Appellees, and Matthew Webster, Defendant-Appellee, Cross-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided February 17, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Debra Riggs Bonamici , Jennie Levin , Attorneys, Office of the United States Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant, Cross-Appellee.

Standish E. Willis , Attorney, Law Office of Standish E. Willis, Chicago, IL, for Cornelius Paxton.

J. Clifford Greene, Jr. , Attorney, Law Offices of J. Clifford Greene, Jr., Chicago, IL, for Randy Walker.

Thomas C. Brandstrader , Attorney, Law Office of Thomas C. Brandstrader, Chicago, IL, for Randy Paxton.

Bart E. Beals , Attorney, Beals Law Firm, Chicago, IL, for Adonis Berry.

Carol A. Brook , Candace R. Jackson , Attorneys, Office of the Federal Defender Program, Chicago, IL, for Matthew Webster.

Before Posner, Ripple, and Rovner, Circuit Judges.


The district court suppressed the covertly-recorded statements that the defendants made to one another while being transported in a police van immediately after their arrests, finding that the characteristics of the van supported a reasonable expectation of privacy in the defendants' conversations. The government has appealed...

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