Appellate Court of Illinois· 4/19/2007

People v. Shafer

Citations

868 N.E.2d 359
372 Ill. App. 3d 1044
311 Ill. Dec. 359
2007 Ill. App. LEXIS 389

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holding that tip must provide adequate details to identify the proper vehicle and contain sufficient detail to permit reasonable inferences that the caller actually witnessed an ongoing offense
noting that one factor of reliability is whether the tip was based upon a contemporaneous eyewitness observation
noting that one factor of reliability is whether the tip was based upon a contemporaneous eyewitness observation
noting that an informant tip received by telephone may form the basis of a Terry stop if the tip is reliable and allows the officer to reasonably infer that a person was involved in criminal activity
noting criminal liability for making false reports to police “lends reliability to” information obtained from identifiable informants (internal quotation marks omitted
outlining the rationale for relaxed corroboration requirements of informants’ tips regarding suspected drunk drivers because of the increased danger such drivers impose on the public

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Judges: Steigmann

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