People v. Elwell

New York Court of Appeals · Decided 1980-05-06

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Jasen, J. (dissenting). While I completely agree with the majority’s conclusion that an informant’s tip may contain such detailed information of criminal activity as to be self-verifying, I simply cannot accept the majority’s sweeping holding that the basis of knowledge prong of the test enunciated in Aguilar v Texas ( <a href="/opinion/106865/aguilar-v-texas/" aria-description="Cit…

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