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· 9/29/1986

United States v. James Pelham

Citations

  • 801 F.2d 875
  • 1986 U.S. App. LEXIS 31367

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that information contained in an affidavit provided a substantial basis for the magistrate to find probable cause, in part because affidavit was based on statements of a named informant
  • affidavit that did not state that the informant was under arrest when he made the statements was sufficient to support probable cause
  • “When a witness has seen evidence in a nothing linking the motel room to the particular crime, which specific location in the immediate past, and is willing to be had occurred over 2,000 miles away

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Judges: Keith, Krupansky, Boggs

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