Giacomo Ventresca v. United States

In the light of the first and more particularly of the final paragraphs of the sheet attached to Mazaka’s affidavit, quoted at length in footnote 2 of the opinion of the court, I would read the statements of fact contained therein as based upon “observations” made either by the affiant himself or by other Investigators of the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Division of the Internal Revenue Service. Since knowledge obtained from other federal law enforcement agents, though hearsay, has sufficient verification to support the issuance of a search warrant under the rule of Jones v. United States, 362…