Lawson v. United States

How courts have described this case

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

• police were told suspect was at a phone booth, wearing blue jeans, and had a grey beard
• “The report of an eyewitness is sufficient to provide the basis for further police investigation whether or not the witness is willing to identify himself’
• “The credibility of a paid or professional informer may be suspect, but in our opinion the same cannot be said of a citizen reporting a crime.”
• opportunity for investigation might well evaporate in the delay if police are prohibited from acting upon reports of crime, except where citizen eyewitness identified himself, or if he seeks out police cruiser or presents himself at precinct house to make report
• opportunity for investigation might well evaporate in the delay if police are prohibited from acting upon reports of crime, except where citizen eyewitness identified himself, or if he seeks out police cruiser or presents himself at precinct house to make report
• police arrived in less than three minutes

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).