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Bruce: Finding Reasonable Suspicion Based on an Anonymous 911 Tip

By Tim Cone

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In United States v. Bruce, No. 18-10969 (Oct. 8, 2020) (Grant, Lagoa, Martin), the Court affirmed the denial of a motion to suppress. First, the Court held that there was reasonable suspicion to stop the defendant. An anonymous 911 call at 3am reported that men in a high-crime area were outside of a white car, one of them had a gun, and there might be a shooting any minute. Officers arrived at the location and saw two men sitting in a car at the address. Relying heavily on the Supreme Court?s decision in Navarette, the Court found that the tip was sufficiently reliable because it gave a first-hand contemporaneous account, and it supplied reasonable suspicion, even though the officers did not observe any criminal activity when they arrived at the scene...continue to full post

Full post as published by Defense Newsletter Blog on October 08, 2020 (boomark / email).