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· 7/16/1996

United States v. Lester Roberson

Citations

  • 90 F.3d 75
  • 1996 U.S. App. LEXIS 17426
  • 1996 WL 394030

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that an anonymous tip containing only information readily observable at the time the tip is made, and thus lacking any indicia of reliability or predictive value, does not provide reasonable suspicion for a Terry stop
  • determining that tip from anonymous source containing information readily observable by any member of the public does not constitute reasonable suspi- cion
  • stating that “walking] casually” is “behavior that does not indicate criminal activity”
  • stating that “walk[ing] casually” is “behavior that does not indicate criminal activity”
  • explaining the reasoning articulated in White as it relates to the sufficiency of anonymous tips
  • speculating in dicta that “a different rule may apply” if an anonymous tip alleged that the suspect possessed a weapon rather than drugs

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Judges: Becker, Nygaard, Lewis

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