U.S. v. Thompson

Federal 7th Circuit Court
Criminal Court
Search and Seizure
Citation
Case Number: 
No. 15-2008
Decision Date: 
February 1, 2016
Federal District: 
W.D. Wisc.
Holding: 
Affirmed

In prosecution on drug distribution charge arising out of defendant’s sale of crack cocaine to informant, where informant secretly videotaped drug transaction, Dist. Ct. did not err in denying defendant’s motion to suppress said videotape on ground that videotape constituted unlawful search of defendant’s home where drug transaction occurred. Record showed that defendant consented to informant entering his home, and informant’s use of videotape recording device did not vitiate defendant’s consent, where videotape merely captured information from area where informant was entitled to be. Ct. rejected defendant’s claim that making secret videotape constituted search because he had reasonable expectation of privacy in information captured by videotape.