United States Seventh Circuit

Conviction for possession of drugs with the intent to distribute is affirmed where the district court correctly determined that exigent circumstances justified the warrantless search of defendant's hotel room as part of an investigation into a kidnapping.

Appellate Information

• Argued 01/08/2007
• Decided 08/31/2007
• Published 08/31/2007

Judges

• ROVNER, Circuit Judge., Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, and ROVNER, and WOOD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Amarjeet Singh Bhachu (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Matthew A. Zapf, Chad A. Blumenfield (argued), Goldberg, Kohn, Bell, Black, Rosenbloom & Moritz, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.