State v. Lichty

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• concluding that there was reasonable suspicion where there was evidence in the record of general knowledge regarding the appearance of cocaine combined with an officer’s own expertise about illegal drugs
• stating standard for reasonable suspicion and recognizing that officer may rely on report from named citizen
• stating standard for reasonable suspicion and recognizing that officer may rely on report from named citizen
• “Having heard that statement [from an informant], it was reasonable for [Officer] Derby to add his own expertise concerning the way illegal drugs are carried and to infer that the white powdery substance could be cocaine.” (Emphasis in original.)
• “Having heard that statement [from an informant], it was reasonable for [Officer] Derby to add his own expertise con- cerning the way illegal drugs are carried and to infer that the white powdery substance could be cocaine.” (Emphasis in original.)
• officer was obligated to make snap decision to arrest based solely on informant’s statement that defendant’s wallet had “a bag of coke” in it

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).