United States v. Speed

NEBEKER, Associate Judge:

This is an appeal by the United States from a trial court order granting a motion by Speed to suppress physical evidence. Upon determining that the seizure was not a violation of Speed’s Fourth Amendment protections, we reverse and remand for further proceedings.

A vice detective received an evening telephone call from an informant, who stated that he had seen a man wearing a green print shirt and green jeans selling phenme-trazine 1 at a described location. The detective had no personal working experience with the informant, but was aware that the informant had…