Purdie v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

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• noting that an officer is permitted to rely on knowledge of the suspect’s prior acts
• noting that a person’s “furtive movements and suspicion conduct” are relevant factors among the totality of the circumstances in a Fourth Amendment analysis
• stating that an officer’s knowledge of the suspect’s “prior conduct is relevant in determining whether probable cause to arrest existed”
• finding that the officers established sufficient probable cause to arrest for drug possession based in part on knowledge that the suspect had previously stabbed an officer, repeatedly fled from police, and frequently attempted to discard drugs while fleeing
• finding probable cause to arrest where the officer's training, experience, and the surrounding circumstances led him to believe the defendant was attempting to conceal drugs, although the officer did not see the item the defendant attempted to hide

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).