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Supreme Court· 3/1/1965

United States v. Ventresca

Citations

  • 380 U.S. 102
  • 85 S. Ct. 741
  • 13 L. Ed. 2d 684
  • 1965 U.S. LEXIS 2438
  • 16 A.F.T.R.2d (RIA) 5787

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that detailed observations recounted in affidavit were sufficient to support inference that source of information in affidavit was governmental investigators working on investigation with affiant
  • recognizing that “[o]bservations of fellow officers of the Government engaged in a common investigation are plainly a reliable basis for a warrant”
  • holding that the United States Supreme Court “strongly support[s] the preference to be accorded searches under a warrant”
  • holding that detailed observations recounted in affidavit were sufficient to support inference that source of information in affidavit was governmental investigators working on investigation with affiant
  • recognizing that once probable cause is established for a search, “the courts should not invalidate the warrant by interpreting the affidavit in a hypertechnical, rather than a commonsense, manner”
  • holding that affidavits for search warrants must be interpreted in a “commonsense and realistic fashion” because they “are normally drafted by nonlawyers in the midst and haste of a criminal investigation”

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Judges: Goldberg, Douglas

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Cites

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