United States Seventh Circuit

Conviction of defendant for possessing crack cocaine with intent to distribute it is affirmed where: 1) the initial stop of the vehicle and the questioning of defendant were proper, as it was based on probable cause to believe that he had committed a traffic offense; 2) the seizure was reasonable in duration between the initiation and defendant's consent; and 3) the subjective motivations of the agents are irrelevant to the Fourth Amendment analysis.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/16/2010
• Published 02/16/2010

Judges

• ROVNER, Circuit Judge., Before POSNER, FLAUM, and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Linda L. Mullen, Office of the United States Attorney, Rock Island, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Mark Maciolek, Madison, WI, for Defendant-Appellant.