United States of America, Appellant-Cross-Appellee v. Vamond Elmore, Defendant-Appellee-Cross-Appellant

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• recognizing that “it is useful to think of known reliability and corroboration as a sliding scale”
• observing that information from known source is generally entitled to more weight than that from anonymous tipster because police can better assess former’s reputation and hold him accountable if allegations turn out to have been fabricated
• explaining that information from a known in- formant is entitled to greater weight because, among other things, a known in- formant “runs a greater risk that he will be held accountable if his information proves false”
• stating that, while 2 “even a completely anonymous tip could support a finding of 3 probable cause with a sufficient degree of corroboration,” the extent 4 of corroboration needed to support reasonable suspicion “is 5 obviously less”
• “Where the informant is known from past practice to be reliable, ... no corroboration will be required to support reasonable suspicion.”
• \Reasonable suspicion may be based upon information from a confidential informant so long as the tip bears sufficient 'indicia of reliability.'\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).