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· 4/21/1995

United States v. Manuel Rodriguez Padro

Citations

  • 52 F.3d 120
  • 1995 U.S. App. LEXIS 9075
  • 1995 WL 232607

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that tips become credible when they accurately predict \future actions of third parties not easily predicted\
  • upholding a warrantless search of a vehicle where the officer had probable cause to believe the car contained cocaine based on a corroborated anonymous tip
  • \The informant's anonymity and failure to state the basis of her knowledge severely undercuts the reliability of the information.\
  • identified informants are to be given more weight than anonymous tips.

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Judges: Kennedy, Norris, Taylor

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