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· 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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