196 N.C. App. 668 - State v. Peele’s Empirical Analysis

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25 state decisions

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1. “[T]he fact that the anonymous tipster provided the location and description of the vehicle may have offered some limited indicia of reliability in that it assisted the police in identifying the vehicle the tipster referenced. It has not gone unnoticed by this Court, however, that the tipster never identified or in any way described an individual. Therefore, the tip upon which Officer Hall relied did not possess the indicia of reliability necessary to provide reasonable suspicion to make an investigatory stop. The anonymous tipster in no way predicted defendant’s actions. The police were thus unable to test the tipster’s knowledge or credibility. Moreover, the tipster failed to explain on what basis he knew about the white Nissan vehicle and related drug activity”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 228 N.C. App. 76 - State v. Coleman

2. “nor did the officer's observation corroborate the caller's assertion of illegality. Id. Finally, this Court reasoned that coupling the tip with the officer's observation was insufficient, without any other suspicious circumstances, to establish reasonable suspicion. Id. Unlike Peele , the circumstances in this case were sufficient to establish reasonable suspicion. Based on the totality of the circumstances — a large, chaotic crowd; an officer who had been shot; an anonymous tip indicating the suspect was nearby; and the proximity of the suspect's location to the crime scene — the”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 197 N.C. App. 758 - State v. Brewington

3. “[a]n accurate description of a subject’s readily observable location and appearance is of course reliable in this limited sense: It will help the police correctly identify the person whom the tipster means to accuse. Such a tip, however, does not show that the tipster has knowledge of concealed criminal activity. The reasonable suspicion here at issue requires that a tip be reliable in its assertion of illegality, not just in its tendency to identify a determinate person.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 204 N.C. App. 259 - State v. Johnson