Execution of Search Warrant – Plain View Donctrine

By: Derek Hawkins//June 20, 2017//

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7^th Circuit Court of Appeals

Case Name: United States of America v. Anthony J. Minney

Case No.: 16-4057

Officials: BAUER, FLAUM, and KANNE, Circuit Judges.

Focus: Execution of Search Warrant – Plain View Donctrine

Officers executed a search warrant at Anthony Minney’s apartment. The search warrant listed the items to be seized: a Panasonic television, a Sony televi‐ sion, a Nintendo Wii, an Xbox 360, and 10 Xbox video games. While searching Minney’s bedroom, Detective Wil‐ liam Vasquez found ammunition in the bedside table. When the officers questioned Minney, he admitted that he was on parole for dealing cocaine. Officers then arrested Minney for being a felon in possession of ammunition.

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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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