11(a)(2), and allowed him to appeal to challenge the legality of the search, as he has done.

But his plea was conditional, Fed.R.Crim.P. He pleaded guilty after his motion to suppress the evidence of the cocaine was denied, and was sentenced to 15 years in prison. Gregory Sanford, one of two passengers in the car, was prosecuted in federal court for possessing and intending to sell the cocaine that had been found. The stop led to a search of the car and the seizure of 1.5 kilograms of cocaine found in the search. Shortly after midnight on February 28, 2012, an Illinois state trooper stopped a car that he had clocked speeding southbound on I–55 between Chicago and Peoria at 83 miles per hour-18 miles per hour over the speed limit. Drug dealers also use Interstate 55 to transport drugs from Chicago to other cities, such as Peoria (southwest of Chicago)-as we're about to see. See, e.g., National Drug Intelligence Center, National Drug Threat Assessment 2006, “Drug Transportation Corridors,” 11/18862/transport.htm Kathy Sweeney, “I–Team: I–55 Drug Busts,” Feb. Interstate 55, which runs from LaPlace, Louisiana, to Chicago, is part of the network of north-south and west-east highways used by drug dealers to deliver their illegal drugs to the Windy City. Patton, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Peoria, IL, for Defendant–Appellant.Ĭhicago is a major destination city for illegal drugs originating in Central and South America. Hillis, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Springfield, IL, Thomas W. Walters, Office of the United States, Peoria, IL, Micah Ritchey Reyner, Office of the United States, Rock Island, IL, for Plaintiff–Appellee. Decided: November 25, 2015īefore WOOD, Chief Judge, and POSNER and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff–Appellee, v. United States Court of Appeals,Seventh Circuit.

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