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· 10/3/2011

Jones v. Camden Police Department

Citations

  • 181 L. Ed. 2d 158
  • 2011 U.S. LEXIS 5312
  • 132 S. Ct. 269
  • 565 U.S. 890
  • 80 U.S.L.W. 3188

How courts have described this case

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

  • stating that police officers presume citizen-informants are reliable because there is no reason to think otherwise
  • holding reasonable suspicion supported car stop based on citizen-informant tip regarding drunk driver
  • motorist in car beside an officer in moving traffic told the officer that the driver of another car was drunk and pointed to the car
  • “The objective signs of intoxication are matters of common knowledge and experience. Implicit in the motorist’s statement is that he had observed defendant and believed him to be drunk.”
  • \The objective signs of intoxication are matters of common knowledge and experience.\

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