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· 3/27/2007

United States v. Clinton Bell

Citations

  • 480 F.3d 860
  • 2007 U.S. App. LEXIS 7061
  • 2007 WL 895872

How courts have described this case

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

  • finding that the informant’s reliability and credibility could be adequately examined when the detective in the case met personally with the informant and the informant was willing to provide his or her own personal information to the police
  • applying the Terry standard of reasonable suspicion to an investigatory traffic stop
  • applying the Terry standard of reasonable suspicion to an investigatory traffic stop
  • applying the Terry standard of reasonable suspicion to an investigatory traffic stop where the officer possessed information from a reliable informant’s tip and where a detective had verified portions of the tip through surveillance prior to the stop
  • informant’s reliability and credibility is strengthened if the informant meets with the officer in person and is willing to provide his or her own personal information
  • officers may conduct an investigatory stop of a vehicle if they have a reasonable suspicion, with an objective and particularized basis, that the vehicle or its occupants are involved in criminal activity

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Judges: Wollman, Riley, Shepherd

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