16 N.C. App. 389 - State v. Graves’s Empirical Analysis

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4 state decisions

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1. “The facts which establish probable cause for the issuance of a search warrant are as follows: INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM A RELIABLE CONFIDENTIAL INFORMER WHOSE INFORMATION HAS PROVEN CORRECT IN THE PAST AND HAS LED TO THE RECOVERY OF STOLEN PROPERTY BEFORE. THIS INFORMANT HAS ITEMS DESCRIBED ON THE ATTACHED LISTS OF STOLEN PROPERTY IN THE POSSESSION OF MAYLON THEO WHITLEY IN THE PAST 2 weeks. The informant states that Maylon Theo Whitley has some of this property in his possession now. In the second week of February, 1971, Maylon Theo Whitley and 2 other men did have and sell to Mr. Milton Massey of Knightdale N.C. a Sears television SET BEARING SERIAL # 528-81108. THIS T.V. WAS STOLEN FROM THE RESIDENCE OF MR. RAYMOND L. MURRAY ON 2/8/71. THE INFORMANT STATES THAT ON THIS SAME WEEK MAYLON THEO Whitley had in his possession a number of guns, rolled MONEY (SILVER) AND OTHER ITEMS THAT FIT THE DESCRIPTION OF THE ITEMS STOLEN FROM THE RESIDENCE OF MR. PHILIP W. Blake of Rt. # 2, Knightdale N.C. on 2/10/71. Also 2 of THESE GUNS ON THE ATTACHED LIST HAVE BEEN RECOVERED from Mr. Will Hudson of 2205 Evers Drive by the Wake County Sheriff’s Dept. These 2 guns were left with Mr. Hudson by one of the same men that was with Maylon Whitley when the t.v. set was sold to Mr. Massey. Maylon Whitley is known to most local law enforcement AGENCIES AS A BREAK IN ARTIST AND HE HAS A CRIMINAL RECORD IN THIS STATE. HE IS UNDER VARIOUS CRIMINAL INDICTMENTS IN THREE COUNTIES AT THIS TIME AND IS PRES”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 58 N.C. App. 539 - State v. Whitley