2006 Pa. Super. 212 - Commonwealth v. Emeigh’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “For a tip to carry enough indicia to establish reasonable suspicion, a court must look at the quality and the quantity of the information possessed by the police at the time of the stop. Commonwealth v. Krisko, 2005 PA Super 320 , 884 A.2d 296, 300 (Pa.Super.2005). A tip that comes from an informer known to the police may carry enough reliability to allow for an investigative stop, even though the same tip from an anonymous source would not. Id. Further, this Court has held that an officer does not need to personally observe the illegal or suspicious conduct but may rely on information from third parties, as long as that information is specific in nature and the informant is reliable. Commonwealth v. Korenkiewicz, 1999 PA Super 326 , 743 A.2d 958, 964 (Pa.Super.1999).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 2007 Pa. Super. 25 - Commonwealth v. Smith