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· 9/23/1987

State v. Swaim

Citations

  • 412 N.W.2d 568
  • 1987 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 1270

How courts have described this case

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

  • concluding that magistrate’s reference to affidavit and its attachments as reasons for finding credibility constituted substantial compliance with statutory requirements
  • holding magistrate’s reliance on officer’s credibility checklist constituted substantial compliance with section 808.3
  • “[independent corroboration of the details of an informant’s tip ... may serve as strong support for that informant’s reliability”
  • detective identified informant as “mature individual” with “no motivation to falsify the information”

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Judges: Reynoldson, Harris, Larson, Lavorato, Neuman

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