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· 5/16/1997

United States v. Khounsavanh

Citations

  • 113 F.3d 279
  • 1997 U.S. App. LEXIS 11402
  • 1997 WL 245194

How courts have described this case

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  • concluding that controlled buy, in totality of circumstances, provided substantial basis for finding of probable cause
  • holding that a controlled buy does not establish probable cause per se
  • noting that an informant’s controlled purchase corroborated his tip that people at that address were selling drugs
  • finding that corroboration supplied by a controlled narcotics buy supported probable cause, where corroboration of “innocent facts” would not have
  • noting that magistrate may \disregard petty inconsistencies\ in an informant's statements
  • finding corroboration supplied by a controlled buy supported probable cause, where corroboration of “innocent facts” would not have

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Judges: Stahl, Bownes, Lynch

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