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· 9/19/1983

United States v. Charles George Sorrells, Glen Ray Bartley

Citations

  • 714 F.2d 1522
  • 1983 U.S. App. LEXIS 16820
  • 14 Fed. R. Serv. 306

How courts have described this case

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

  • finding informant’s tip reliable because previous tips led to the arrests of “others involved in the crimes” and “they were in possession 10 of illegal contraband”
  • rejecting the argument that the trial court judge’s conclusion that an informant was reliable, based upon his prior experience with the informant, could cure an otherwise defective search warrant affidavit
  • unlawful transfer of unregistered machinegun to undercover agent

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Hill, Hatchett, Haynsworth

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