United States Seventh Circuit

Conviction for federal drug offenses is affirmed where: 1) police officers were justified in entering defendant's apartment without a warrant; 2) if a search is limited to the area under the defendant's control at the time of his arrest, the fact that it is no longer under his control at the time of the search does not invalidate the search; and 3) the government proved that a warrant would certainly have been issued had it been applied for, thus the inevitable discovery doctrine applied.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/14/2007
• Decided 04/10/2008
• Published 04/10/2008

Judges

• POSNER, Circuit Judge., Before POSNER, WOOD, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Maribel Fernandez-Harvath (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Patrick W. Blegen (argued), Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.