State v. Robinson

¶ 1. Defendant Na-Im Robinson appeals from the Addison District Court’s denial of his motion to suppress evidence obtained upon execution of a search warrant on his vehicle. We conclude that the judge lacked probable cause to issue the warrant. Thus, we reverse.

¶ 2. On May 6, 2004, a Vermont police officer received information from a confidential informant that a twenty-six-year-old black male named “Naim” would be driving to Vermont from Pennsylvania with cocaine in his vehicle. The informant described the vehicle as a silver Ford Taurus with New Jersey license plates, and said that it would…