260 Pa. Super. 1 - Commonwealth v. Benjamin’s Empirical Analysis
1978
Citation profile
22
cited by 22 later decisions
1
states following
September 1988
most recently cited
22 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Aguilar v. Texas · Spinelli v. United States · Red Ball Motor Freight, Inc. v. Shannon · Commonwealth v. Bosurgi · Commonwealth v. Jones
Most-quoted passages
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“Appellee [Benjamin] makes much of the fact that three named prior arrests did not result in convictions until after appellee’s arrest. Our research, however, uncovers no case which holds that an informant must have provided information in the past that led to arrests and convictions. Nor do we find a requirement that any given number of arrests and convictions is necessary. Id., 260 Pa.Super. at 6 , 393 A.2d at 985. (emphasis in original).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“While past reliability is most often established through a showing of convictions which resulted from information supplied by the informer, there is no logical reason for mandating that all information lead to convictions before reliability is established (citations omitted).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“The essential fact is that the informant gave prior information implicating other persons in criminal activity, which information proved to be correct. 260 Pa.Super. at 7 , 393 A.2d at 985.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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