Washington, A., Aplt. v. PA Dept of Corrections

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• noting that the officer should not have simply assumed the informant was truthful
• acknowledging that JJ_. held that an anonymous tip indicating possession of a weapon alone did not justify an investigatory stop because such a rule would enable any person seeking to harass another to set in motion an intrusive, embarrassing police search
• acknowledging that J.L. held that an anonymous tip indicating possession of a weapon alone did not justify an investigatory stop because such a rule would enable any person seeking to harass another to set in motion an intrusive, embarrassing police search
• noting that an unknown informant’s name is “meaningless” to officers
• investigatory stop not justified where police observed a man who resembled the informant's description at the described location but did not observe a gun or any illegal, dangerous, or suspicious activity
• investigatory stop not justified where police observed a man who resembled the informant’s description at the described location but did not observe a gun or any illegal, dangerous, or suspicious activity

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