· 12/14/1972
Sammie L. Nelson v. Robert J. Moore, Superintendent, Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Walpole, Doreen Moore v. Betty Cole Smith
Citations
- 470 F.2d 1192
- 1972 U.S. App. LEXIS 6272
How courts have described this case
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- holding that a victim is deemed to be a “reliable informant” even if “his or her reliability has not theretofore been proven or tested”
- asserted victim of a crime is considered reliable informant even though her reliability previously has not been proven or tested
- also noting that new allegations must be more than “bits of evidence.”
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Judges: Coffin, Mc-Entee, Hamley
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