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State v. Maya

Citations

  • 529 So. 2d 1282
  • 1988 WL 89241

How courts have described this case

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  • probable cause found where known informant gave police information and police independently observed conduct consistent with drug transaction and content of tip
  • “[T]he determination of probable cause does not turn on whether an innocent explanation can possibly be conjured up from what are obviously incriminating circumstances. Rather, it is dependent on what a realistic view of the facts justifies or requires.”
  • police observation combined with informant’s tip justified probable cause conclusion
  • anonymous tip plus officers’ observations supplied probable cause

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Judges: Schwartz, C.J., and Baskin and Ferguson

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