· 2/14/1996
State v. Sailo
Citations
- 910 S.W.2d 184
- 1995 WL 680442
How courts have described this case
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- holding officer may rely on information received through an informant, so long as the informants’ statement is reasonably corroborated by other matters within the officer’s knowledge
- holding officer may rely on information received through an informant, so long as the informants' statement is reasonably corroborated by other matters within the officer's knowledge
- holding informant’s veracity, reliability, and basis of knowledge are highly relevant to inquiry
- holding anonymous citizen who stopped to tell police defendant was driving erratically was considered more reliable than anonymous tipster where citizen followed police instructions to pull to the side of the road even though he drove away before officers could obtain identifying information
- holding anonymous citizen who stopped to tell police defendant was driving erratically was considered more reliable than anonymous tipster where citizen followed police instructions to pull to the side of the road even though he drove away before officers could obtain identifying information
- upholding stop based on a report personally given to officer even though informant drove away before being identified
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Judges: Day, Dauphinot, Richards
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