Leisure v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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5 state decisions

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1. “[T]hese two elements ... are better understood as relevant considerations in the totality of circumstances analysis that traditionally has guided probable cause determinations: a deficiency in one may be compensated for, in determining the overall reliability of a tip, by a strong showing as to the other, or by some other indicia of reliability.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 483 So. 2d 39 - Rios v. State · 490 So. 2d 104 - State v. Augustyn

2. “As the Supreme Court noted in Gates, supra, “even if we entertain some doubt as to an informant’s motives, his explicit detailed description of alleged wrongdoing, along with a statement that the event was observed first-hand, entitles his tip to greater weight than might otherwise be the case.” [Citation omitted.]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 483 So. 2d 39 - Rios v. State