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1
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PC-based Search justified?

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[PC + Warrant or Exception]?

[Seizure just requires PC]

2
Q

PC +

A

veracity + basis of knowledge

3
Q

How much (if any) corroboration necessary?

A

(1) How much (if any) corroboration necessary?
(i) Citizen informant–no corroboration

(ii) Police informant–specific predictions of future events/innocuous details + corroboration
1. Draper: (train) details of an informant’s report + corroboration of those details by police = PC

(b) Tipster (Combine Spinelli/Gates)

4
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Tipster analysis

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(Combine Spinelli/Gates)

(i) Spinelli: (Gambling) 1) Basis of tipster’s knowledge 2) Veracity/reliability of report.
(ii) Gates: (couple/drugs) totality of circumstances/one strong Spinelli prong can overcome weak one