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State v. Hart

Citations

  • 830 P.2d 696
  • 66 Wash. App. 1
  • 1992 Wash. App. LEXIS 246

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  • holding an informant’s tip was insufficiently reliable because the officer “could not assess whether [defendant] was in fact selling marijuana or whether the informant may have misconstrued innocent conduct”
  • noting that, in the absence of corroboration, a tip’s reliability is assessed by asking whether the tip “contain[ed] enough objective facts to justify the pursuit and detention of the suspect”
  • officer' s observation of defendant confirming informant' s description and defendant' s location did not satisfy the corroboration requirement
  • officer’s observation of defendant confirming informant’s description and defendant’s location did not satisfy the corroboration requirement
  • officer's observation of defendant confirming informant's description and defendant's location did not satisfy the corroboration requirement
  • an uncorroborated tip must possess enough objective facts to justify detention of the suspect

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Judges: Pekelis

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