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Motion to suppress

By: Derek Hawkins//February 8, 2016//

Motion to suppress

By: Derek Hawkins//February 8, 2016//

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7th Circuit Court of Appeals

Case Name: United States of America v. Aaron Thompson

Case No.: 15-2008

Officials: MANION, KANNE, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

Focus: Motion to suppress

Appellant inviting informant into his home defeats arguments for expectation of privacy and 4th amendment violations.

“Here, Thompson invited the informant into the apartment for the purpose of engaging in a drug transaction. While there, the informant did not “see, hear, or take anything that was not contemplated” as part of the illegal drug transaction. See Lewis, 385 U.S. at 210; see also Scherer, 673 F.3d at 182. That the informant recorded his observations on video did not transform the consensual encounter into a search for purposes of the Fourth Amendment.”

Affirmed

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Attorney Derek A. Hawkins is the managing partner at Hawkins Law Offices LLC, where he heads up the firm’s startup law practice. He specializes in business formation, corporate governance, intellectual property protection, private equity and venture capital funding and mergers & acquisitions. Check out the website at www.hawkins-lawoffices.com or contact them at 262-737-8825.

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