· 3/14/2003
Beverly Thompson v. David E. Wagner and Keith Gardner
Citations
- 319 F.3d 931
How courts have described this case
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- explaining that probable cause to arrest was lacking when source identified defendant five months after the crime took place
- “Arresting officers may draw reasonable inferences based on their training and experience in determining whether suspicious circumstances rise to the level of probable cause.”
- no reasonable suspicion where the officers failed to undertake “even a modicum of addi‐ tional investigation” to corroborate the informant’s tip
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Judges: Coffey, Evans, Williams
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