Motion to Suppress Evidence Denied

By: Derek Hawkins//July 9, 2018//

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7^th Circuit Court of Appeals

Case Name: United States of America v. Larry J. Norton

Case No.: 17-2898

Officials: EASTERBROOK, KANNE, and SYKES, Circuit Judges.

Focus: Motion to Suppress Evidence Denied

After a six-day trial, a jury convicted Larry Norton of conspiring to distribute and conspiring to possess with intent to distribute large quantities of heroin and cocaine. The district court sentenced Norton to a mandatory life term of imprisonment. Norton now appeals his conviction, challenging the district court’s denial of his motion to suppress evidence obtained as a result of a traffic stop and the district court’s admission at trial of recorded statements made by a confidential informant. We affirm.

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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