Legal Opinion

Jobe v. Commissioner of Public Safety

Court of Appeals of Minnesota

Decided May 9, 2000No. C4-99-1858PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

DANIEL F. FOLEY, * Judge

Edwin Jobe appeals from his driver’s license revocation, arguing that the stop underlying his DWI arrest was precipitated by an informant tip that was not sufficiently reliable to justify the stop. Because we find that under the totality of the circumstances the tip was sufficiently reliable to give the officer a reasonable suspicion of criminal activity, we affirm.

FACTS

On the evening Jobe was arrested, a man called 911 and reported that there was a “drunk” in front of him who was “swerving around on the road.” The man described the vehicle as a two-tone tan and…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Alabama v. WhiteSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
  2. Florida v. JLSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
  3. Marben v. State, Department of Public SafetySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1980
  4. Berge v. Commissioner of Public SafetySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1985
  5. Olson v. Commissioner of Public SafetySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1985

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Magnuson v. Commissioner of Public SafetyCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 2005
  2. City of Pratt v. StoverSupreme Court of Kansas · 2001
  3. Yoraway v. Commissioner of Public SafetyCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 2003
  4. Rose v. Commissioner of Public SafetyCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 2001
  5. Gerald John Westman v. Commissioner of Public SafetyCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 2014

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