United States v. McDuffy, No. 10-1022 (7th Cir. 2011)
Annotate this CaseExecuting a warrant to search for marijuana and other drugs, officers found 11 grams of crack cocaine in the defendant's home. The defendant accepted a conditional plea and, after the court rejected a challenge to the warrant, was sentenced to 120 months. The Seventh Circuit affirmed. The affidavit in support of the warrant included information from an informant, describing cash transactions observed at the property, and the officer's description of searching a sealed trash bag from the alley and finding mail addressed to the defendant and a leaf that field-tested as marijuana. It did not indicate the size of the tiny flake found and tested. The defendant had at least five prior drug convictions. The omission of the amount was not material so that it would likely have defeated a finding of probable cause.
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