Sixth Circuit· 2/23/2005

United States v. Terrence C. May

Citations

399 F.3d 817
2005 U.S. App. LEXIS 3086

How courts have described this case

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

noting that affidavit which stated only that the “cooperating source has provided assistance in unrelated drug investigation cases” was sufficient
crediting as independent police corroboration the affidavit's averment that surveillance team saw a particular individual involved in unrelated investigation entering suspect's residence
finding that “[t]he statements of an informant ..., whose identity was known to the police and who would be subject to prosecution for making a false report, are ... entitled to far greater weight than those of an anonymous source”
rejecting the district court’s conclusion that an unidentified informant’s statements must be corroborated by independent police investigation
finding a confidential informant reliable where the affidavit stated that the informant “provided assistance in unrelated drug investigation cases”
finding informant to be “known” where source “ha[d] furnished information . . . for a period of six months and has worked with [the officer] in the investigation of th[e] matter”

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Judges: Boggs, Gilman, Sargus

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