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Smith v. State

Citations

  • 58 S.W.3d 784
  • 2001 WL 893350

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  • explaining that testimony regarding confidential informant’s “track record” for “providing credible information in the past” can provide additional facts needed to establish reasonable suspicion through confidential informant’s tip
  • explaining that determinations regarding whether reasonable suspicion is present depend on totality of circumstances and that weaknesses in some areas may be compensated for by other factors
  • explaining that testimony regarding confidential informant’s “track record” for “providing credible information in the past” can provide additional facts needed to establish reasonable suspicion through confidential informant’s tip
  • explaining that testimony regarding confidential informant's \track record\ for \providing credible information in the past\ can provide additional facts needed to establish reasonable suspicion through confidential informant's tip
  • “A confidential informant can provide the requisite reasonable suspicion to justify an investigative detention so long as additional facts are present to demonstrate the informant’s reliability.”

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Judges: Anderson, Seymore, Yates

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