By neglecting the opportunity to observe the mobile home for ongoing criminal activity, law enforcement deemed the anonymous tip appropriate evidence to conduct a search, and proceeded to do so. The case of Navarette v. California, 572 U.S. __ (2014) further analyzes the weight of credibility from an anonymous tip, while also noting the importance of surrounding circumstances. An anonymous tip led to observance of a vehicle that indeed seemed to be operated recklessly, when police officers stopped the vehicle, then later deemed the scent of marijuana probable cause and searched it. This case deemed reliability proven through ongoing circumstances sufficient as the right to stop due to reasonable suspicion, but did not establish probable cause based on its own merit. The right to search stemmed solely from the scent of marijuana instead, being established by State v. Greenwood 301 N.C. 705 (1981) as probable cause. This is strengthened in the case of Johnson v. Texas 146 S.W. 3d 719 (2004) as the court held that an anonymous tip alone does not constitute probable cause, reviewing the search of narcotics in an automobile following an anonymous tip being made. The court held that a corroborating anonymous tip justified the initial stop of the vehicle, but the actual search was unwarranted based on a lack of probable cause. An anonymous tip justifies the investigatory detention of a suspect, but without exigent circumstances, lacks the credibility to rightfully search and individual’s person or
By neglecting the opportunity to observe the mobile home for ongoing criminal activity, law enforcement deemed the anonymous tip appropriate evidence to conduct a search, and proceeded to do so. The case of Navarette v. California, 572 U.S. __ (2014) further analyzes the weight of credibility from an anonymous tip, while also noting the importance of surrounding circumstances. An anonymous tip led to observance of a vehicle that indeed seemed to be operated recklessly, when police officers stopped the vehicle, then later deemed the scent of marijuana probable cause and searched it. This case deemed reliability proven through ongoing circumstances sufficient as the right to stop due to reasonable suspicion, but did not establish probable cause based on its own merit. The right to search stemmed solely from the scent of marijuana instead, being established by State v. Greenwood 301 N.C. 705 (1981) as probable cause. This is strengthened in the case of Johnson v. Texas 146 S.W. 3d 719 (2004) as the court held that an anonymous tip alone does not constitute probable cause, reviewing the search of narcotics in an automobile following an anonymous tip being made. The court held that a corroborating anonymous tip justified the initial stop of the vehicle, but the actual search was unwarranted based on a lack of probable cause. An anonymous tip justifies the investigatory detention of a suspect, but without exigent circumstances, lacks the credibility to rightfully search and individual’s person or