United States v. Allen J. Caggiano

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• noting the clear “evidentiary significance” of firearms when discovered while searching for drugs
• informant whose information led to “ ‘arrests of several people for drug related offenses’ ” deemed rehable
• a determination of probable cause \cannot be based on hard certainties and rigid rules\
• “It is now recognized by us and other circuits that firearms are one of the tools of the trade of drug dealers. Guns, like glassine bags, scales and cutting equipment[,] are an expected and usual accessory of the narcotics trade.”
• “It is now recognized by us and other circuits that firearms are one of the tools of the trade of drug dealers. Guns, like glassine bags, scales and cutting equipment[,] are an expected and usual accessory of the narcotics trade.”
• “It is now recognized by us and other circuits that firearms are one of the tools of the trade of drug dealers. Guns, like glassine bags, scales and cutting equipment[,] are an expected and usual accessory of the narcotics trade.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).