In the Interest of O.A.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION ANNOUNCING THE JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
CAPPY, Justice:
The issue presented in this appeal is whether a confidential informant’s tip is sufficient to establish the requisite probable cause to effectuate a warrantless arrest. As we find that the confidential informant’s tip, alone, did not establish probable cause, we must further address whether there was sufficient corroboration of the tip by the police to establish probable cause. For the reasons which follow, we conclude that the arresting officers failed to sufficiently corroborate the tip to establish probable cause, and reverse the…
Also in this document: Concurrence.
2Cases cited27 opinions
- Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Illinois v. GatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- United States v. LeonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Aguilar v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Spinelli v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
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3Cited by80 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. TorresSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2001
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