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· 3/28/2000

Florida v. JL

Citations

  • 529 U.S. 266
  • 120 S. Ct. 1375
  • 146 L. Ed. 2d 254
  • 2000 U.S. LEXIS 2345
  • 13 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. S 216
  • 68 U.S.L.W. 4236
  • 2000 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 2409
  • 2000 Colo. J. C.A.R. 1642
  • 2000 Daily Journal DAR 3226

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that “an anonymous tip lacking indicia of reliability” that an individual is carrying, a gun is not enough to justify a Terry stop
  • holding that an anonymous tip, without more, was not sufficient to justify an officer’s stop and frisk
  • holding that an anonymous tip in a 911 call must bear additional \indicia of reliability\ to create reasonable suspicion
  • holding that an anonymous tip must be corroborated to provide reasonable suspicion justifying an investigatory stop
  • holding that a bare-bones anonymous tip lacking any corroboration could not provide a reasonable suspicion for the stop
  • holding that an anonymous tip without more is insufficient to justify a police officer’s stop and frisk of an individual

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Judges: Ginsburg

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