United States First Circuit

The totality of: a cooperating witness's personal knowledge as to the location of drugs and firearms; specificity and detail of the witness's information as to a counterfeit check-cashing scheme; independent corroboration; and, defendant's prior convictions, all support finding of probable cause for search warrant.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/28/2003
• Published 01/28/2003

Judges

• STAHL, Senior Circuit Judge., Before TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge, STAHL, Senior Circuit Judge, and HOWARD, Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Timothy G. Watkins, Federal Defender Office, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• John A. Capi, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Michael J. Sullivan, United States Attorney, was on brief, for appellee.