United States Seventh Circuit

A postal inspector with 11 years' experience, who knew that a hand-written label and a California return address are characteristics of parcels containing contraband, and who knew that the address on a specific package had previously received parcels with fictitious return addresses, had a reasonable suspicion that the package the defendant had sent to his girlfriend contained contraband.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/28/2001
• Decided 02/21/2002
• Published 02/21/2002

Judges

• KANNE, Circuit Judge., Before WOOD, Jr., KANNE, and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Joshua J. Minkler (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Indianapolis, IN, for United States of America., Thomas A. Brodnik (argued), Stark, Doninger & Smith, Indianapolis, IN, for Sidney A. Evans.