Pierce v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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15 state decisions

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1. ““Affiant further states That he has received information from a source that though unidentified by name, has given information to the undersigned affiant on previous occasions and that such information has in each instance proven correct and reliable. That the source of information stated to affiant that the pouch and diamonds are now kept and contained in the above described property. Affiant further states that he has talked with Mr. Dean Wright, the manager of Zales Jewelry, 4257 Southwest Blvd, Tulsa, Oklahoma and that Dean Wright stated that he personally knew and recognized the person Jimmy Rogers. “Dean Wright stated to Affiant that on July 9, 1969 he did see Jimmy Rogers in the Zales Jewelry at 4257 Southwest Blvd, Tulsa, Oklahoma and that at that time he, Dean Wright at the request of Jimmy Rogers displayed to Rogers the pouch containing the diamonds and the diamonds therein. “Dean Wright further stated to affiant that he, Dean Wright took the pouch with the diamonds from their hiding place to show them to the person Jimmy Rogers. Dean Wright stated that they were then kept in a drawer underneath the counter and the person Jimmy Rogers observed him as he took them from the drawer to show them to Rogers. “The affiant further states that Dean Wright stated to him that Jimmy Rogers came back into the Zales store 4257 Southwest Blvd. Tulsa Oklahoma [sic] on July 10, 1969 in the company of another male person. Dean Wright stated that Jimmy Rogers asked for an item that ma”

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

2. “‘A policeman’s affidavit “should not be judged as an entry in an essay contest,” Spinelli, supra, 393 U.S. at 438 , 89 S.Ct. 600 (Fortas, J., dissenting), but rather must be judged by the facts it contains. While a bare statement by an affiant that he believed the informant to be truthful would not, in itself, provide a factual basis for crediting the report of an unnamed informant, we conclude that the affidavit in the present case contains an ample factual basis for believing the informant which, when coupled with his own knowledge of the respondent’s background, afforded a basis upon which a magistrate could reasonably issue a warrant. The accusation by the informant was plainly a declaration against interest since it could readily warrant a prosecution and could sustain a conviction against the informant himself.’”

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