State v. Lewis’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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1. “(2) On November 20, 1988, an evidence locker at the Pasco Police Department was burglarized. Money, guns, narcotics, and a blue satchel were stolen from that evidence locker. Pasco police officers were given information by a confidential informant who gave officers information in the past that proved to be correct. During the period between November 20, 1988, and November 22, 1988, this confidential informant told police officers that on November 21, 1988, he or she observed the defendant and another man known as Tony Elias, a/k/a Francisco Elias in a house in Pasco, Washington. The informant told officers that the defendant and Mr. Elias had in their possession money, narcotics, guns and a blue satchel. The defendant and Mr. Elias told the informant that they had just ripped someone off. The informant described the blue satchel and several guns to the Pasco police officers. The descriptions were similar to the guns and blue satchel taken in the evidence locker burglary on November 20, 1988. (3) The defendant and Tony Elias were in the Franklin County Jail together prior to the evidence locker burglary. Mr. Elias was an outside trustee during his stay at the Franklin County Jail. Defendant and Mr. Elias were not in custody on November 20, 1988.”

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