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· 11/6/1996

United States v. Lawrence D. Lamorie Patricia L. Lamorie

Citations

  • 100 F.3d 547
  • 1996 U.S. App. LEXIS 28984
  • 1996 WL 637645

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  • noting personal contact with an informant can strengthen an officer's decision to rely on the information provided and statements against penal interest carry considerable weight
  • \[P]ersonal contact with an informant can strengthen an officer's decision to rely on the information provided . . .\
  • “Probable cause must exist when a warrant is issued, not merely at some earlier time.”
  • statements against the penal interest of an informant carry considerable weight in determining credibility
  • affidavit stated that informant had confessed to burglary and arson, so issuing judge -5- “could hardly have been under the impression that [informant] was a model citizen” even though criminal history was not included

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Judges: Bowman, Beam, Loken

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