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D.N.J.: Tipster giving call back informatoin is more believable

By John Wesley Hall, Jr.

A tipster who gave call back information was more believable. The officers here had reasonable suspicion. United States v. Williams, 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 83568 (D. N.J. August 13, 2010).* “The Court finds that Officer Campbell’s reasonable belief that he had smelled marijuana and Mr. Diop’s reaction to questioning about money were sufficient to provide that ‘necessary reasonable suspicion’ to prolong the stop.” There was also time involved in getting back a report on wants or warrants from dispatch. United States v. $275,000 in United States Currency, 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 129529 (M.D. Tenn. March 16, 2009).* Defendant was found to have consented to a search of his car. Despite a language barrier, he said “Si” and pointed to the car when consent was sought...continue to full post

Full post as published by Fourth Amendment on August 20, 2010 (boomark / email).