United States v. Sean A. Peck

How courts have described this case

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• holding that the officers lacked probable cause where, “even though [the informant] stated that she was Peck’s girlfriend, she was unable to give any information regarding Peck other than that he was a black male”
• finding that informant’s statements lacked sufficient detail where informant stated that she recognized the substances as drugs based on her “personal experiences”
• finding that informant’s statements lacked sufficient detail where informant stated that she recognized the sub- stances as drugs based on her “personal experiences”
• stating that “the interval of time between the events and application for a warrant” is an important factor
• noting that most confidential informants have something to gain by giving their statements and finding that the officer’s use of the informant’s statement was not unreasonable even when the officer knew she was biased
• finding good faith even though only evidence was uncorroborated testimony of a potentially biased confidential informant

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).