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TX6: Uncorroborated anonymous CI did not provide RS for stop

By John Wesley Hall, Jr.

An “anonymous” CI called the police that defendant had drugs in his car. When defendant pulled into his driveway, a police car stopped behind him with lights on and told the defendant to “come here.” That was a stop implicating the Fourth Amendment, and the officer had no reasonable suspicion for the stop because there was nothing at all to corroborate the CI’s information. State v. Wilson, 2011 Tex. App. LEXIS 1958 (Tex. App.—Texarkana March 18, 2011).* The officer had reasonable suspicion and likely probable cause where he pulled up next to defendant’s car on a freeway to see that was following too close. Defendant was then found under the influence. State v. Ward, 2011 Ohio 1261, 2011 Ohio App. LEXIS 1087 (4th Dist...continue to full post

Full post as published by Fourth Amendment on March 22, 2011 (boomark / email).