United States Seventh Circuit

Drugs were not seized in violation of the Fourth Amendment, as a police officer was not unreasonable in failing to interpret a response as a denial of consent to search a bag.

Appellate Information

• Argued 01/17/2003
• Decided 02/26/2003
• Published 02/26/2003

Judges

• POSNER, Circuit Judge., Before BAUER, POSNER, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Timothy A. Bass (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Urbana, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee., David B. Mote (argued), Office of the Federal Public Defender, Springfield, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.