Seventh Circuit -- USA v. Scott Johnson

USA v. Scott Johnson

When you have a CI who says he bought drugs from deft at deft's house four times in the last week, you have enough for a search warrant.

No error in trial court not giving a special credibility instruction, as court is in best place to judge.

Where prosc. in opening says deft had 5kg of cocaine, but then immediately corrects it to 1/2kg, no error in denying mistrial.  (Record established that 5KG had been there the night before.)

Prohibition in Sarbanes-Oxley on destruction of documents & objects can be used against deft who tries to destroy cocaine base before police get to it - it merely has to be relevant to a possible future court proceeding.

Said destruction properly referenced at sentencing to base offense of conspiracy, not possession.