Seventh Circuit: USA v. Shawn Bacon

 

A controlled buy of drugs does not become less credible in a search warrant affidavit when the agent transacts with an unrecorded intermediary, since the intermediary would have no motive to mislead the agent.  Sufficient probable cause for warrant with multiple intermediary/agent controlled buys and reports of illegal weapons.

Since the ambiguity in the controlled buys was facially evident in the affidavit, no error in the denial of a Franks hearing.

Sufficient evidence for possession of contraband, given possession of contraband.  Drug quantity calculation appropriately added the quantities found during multiple searches.


USA v.  Shawn Bacon