199 N.C. App. 253 - State v. Brown’s Empirical Analysis
2009
Citation profile
12
cited by 12 later decisions
1
states following
February 2017
most recently cited
12 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Illinois v. Gates · New York v. Harris · State v. Cooke · Gray v. Lucas, Warden, Et Al. · State v. Arrington
Most-quoted passages
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“In utilizing an informant's tip, probable cause is determined using a totality-of-the-circumstances analysis which permits a balanced assessment of the relative weights of all the various indicia of reliability (and unreliability) attending an informant's tip.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“The indicia of reliability of an informant's tip may include (1) whether the informant was known or anonymous, (2) the informant's history of reliability, and (3) whether information provided by the informant could be independently corroborated by the police.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.