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· 7/18/2013

United States v. Bobbie Keys

Citations

  • 721 F.3d 512
  • 2013 WL 3746004
  • 2013 U.S. App. LEXIS 14512

How courts have described this case

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

  • finding mutual corroboration when two sources identified the same suspect who had supplied them with crack cocaine
  • affirming probable-cause determination where two sources corroborated each other and officers verified details provided by one of the sources
  • “[I]t is well established that even the corroboration of minor, innocent details can suffice to establish probable cause.”
  • “Information may be sufficiently reliable to support a probable cause finding if it is corroborated by independent evidence.” (cleaned up)
  • “Where probable cause depends upon information supplied by an informant, the core question is whether the information is reliable.” (brackets, ellipsis, and internal quotation marks omitted)
  • \[T]he receipt of consistent information from two separate sources is a form of corroboration.\

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Judges: Colloton, Gruender, Benton

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