Rutledge v. United States

FERREN, Associate Judge:

Police officers arrested appellant on the basis of an informant’s tip that he was selling narcotics. Appellant contends that the motions judge erred in denying his motion to suppress evidence of a Preludin tablet seized incident to the arrest. We conclude that the arresting officers did not have a sufficient basis supporting their informant’s credibility to satisfy the “veracity" prong of the Aguilar-Spinelli test for informant-based probable cause determinations. Accordingly, we reverse the order denying suppression of the narcotics evidence.

I. The Facts; Trial Court…