United States Seventh Circuit

Convictions on various counts relating to a drug conspiracy are affirmed over defendants' claims that: 1) evidence obtained from a home search was inadmissible because the affidavit in support of the warrant did not establish probable cause; 2) the good faith exception to the warrant requirement was inapplicable; and 3) the jury was instructed improperly as to the weight to give the testimony of government informants who received a benefit in exchange for their testimony.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/06/2006
• Decided 02/06/2007
• Published 02/06/2007

Judges

• RIPPLE, Circuit Judge., Before RIPPLE, WILLIAMS and SYKES, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Bradley Blackington (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Indianapolis, IN, for Plaintiff-Appellee., C. Samuel Rael (argued), Atlanta, GA, for Defendant-Appellant, Claude Wiley, Jr., Jack F. Crawford (argued), Crawford & Devane, Indianapolis, IN, for Defendant-Appellant, Tatu M. Brown.