Search Warrant – Probable Cause

By: Derek Hawkins//February 26, 2018//

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7^th Circuit Court of Appeals

Case Name: United States of America v. Willie B. Haynes

Case No.: 17-2044

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

Focus: Search Warrant – Probable Cause

Willie Haynes was indicted after sheriff’s deputies in Winnebago County executed a search warrant and found drugs and a loaded handgun in his house. Haynes pleaded guilty to possessing heroin and cocaine base with intent to distribute and to possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug‐trafficking crime; he was sentenced to 108 months’ imprisonment. Haynes argues that the items found during the search should have been suppressed because, he says, the affidavit supporting the warrant did not establish probable cause. We affirm the judgment.

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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