66 Wash. App. 541 - State v. Bittner’s Empirical Analysis

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12 state decisions

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1. “conducted a thorough criminal records check on the concerned citizen with negative results;”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 127 Wash. App. 444 - State v. Chenoweth · State v. Chenoweth

2. “In light of our decision, it is not necessary to reach the issue of whether the affidavit in support of the search warrant contained reckless or intentional misstatements or omissions of material fact which violate the principles of Franks v. Delaware, 438 U.S. 154 , 98 S.Ct. 2674 , 57 L.Ed.2d 667 (1978). Nonetheless, we note with disapproval the type of affidavit produced here. The picture of the informant created by the affidavit for a search warrant was not in accord with the true facts. Although we accept the trial court's credibility determinations which resolved most of the Franks issues, it was error not to have included in the affidavit that the "concerned citizen" had previously contacted the sheriff's office because he had been investigated for a crime. This type of information could influence a magistrate's decision in assessing the reliability of an informant's tip.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 127 Wash. App. 444 - State v. Chenoweth

3. “NOT a regular police informant, or a paid police informant, and ha[d] not previously contacted this office, or any other police entity”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 127 Wash. App. 444 - State v. Chenoweth