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M.D.Fla.: Three month old information was not stale where current information corroborated it

By John Wesley Hall, Jr.

Information that was three months old about drug sales was not stale when it was conected to information from a neighborhood watch group meeting regularly that defendant was engaged in hand to hand sales from the premises. United States v. Powell, 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 80320 (M.D. Fla. July 9, 2010).* Defendant’s arrest in his car also justified the search of the car under the automobile exception, and Gant was not an issue. United States v. Dixon, 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 80463 (W.D. N.Y. May 26, 2010).* The officer was able to articulate a reasonable suspicion for a stop of the defendant for driving without a license based on eight month old information and defendant’s general pattern of driving without a license. United States v...continue to full post

Full post as published by Fourth Amendment on August 12, 2010 (boomark / email).