State v. Anderson’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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1. ““[The appellant] argues that his case is analogous to Bailey [v. United States, — U.S. -, 133 S.Ct. 1031 (2013),] because Mr. Lea [the codefendant] was arrested ten blocks from the target location and subsequently detained in a police car without probable cause. We disagree. In Bailey , unlike in the present case, there was no independent probable cause to arrest Mr. Bailey. The officers in Bailey had knowledge of a gun in an apartment based on information from a confidential informant. They had not previously observed Mr. Bailey in possession of the firearm and had not previously observed Mr. Bailey engage in any unlawful conduct. In the instant case, officers had independent probable cause to arrest Mr. Lea because they had reliable information that he had engaged in a drug transaction with a confidential informant. We find, considering the facts of his case, that the detention of Mr. Lea was lawful because the officers had probable cause to arrest based on the previous controlled purchase conducted by Det. [Kyle] Hin-richs. “ ‘Probable cause exists when the facts and circumstances within the arresting officer’s knowledge, and of which he has reasonable and trustworthy information, are sufficient to justify a man of average caution in the belief that the person to be arrested has committed or is committing an offense.’ Gibson v. State, 1999-1730, p. 7 (La.4/11/00), 758 So.2d 782, 788 [ (La.2000) ]. Det. Hin-richs testified at the hearing on the motion to suppress that the s”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Redfearn v. State