Ramos v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

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1. “During the surveillance the police observed appellant, whose description was consistent with the information received from the informant. In the morning, a man who had spent the night in the house exited the house and got into a white pick-up truck that appeared to have been in the driveway all night. Although there was a gap in surveillance during the early morning hours, the affidavit states the truck was in the same place, indicating it had not been moved during the time the surveillance team was gone. Once the truck left the house, the affidavit shows that it made no stops such as to permit it to pick up a 20-pound bag. The presence of the large, dark bag in the white bed of the truck and the “heat runs” [a driver’s efforts to determine whether or not he is under surveillance] through the neighborhood indicate that the driver knew that there was a bag in the truck that contained contraband. Because 20 pounds of marihuana has substantial value, it is reasonable to infer that it was not left overnight in the truck, but rather was placed in the bed of the truck when the driver exited the house and entered the truck. The informant had said there were numerous pounds of marihuana at the house.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Walker