United States Sixth Circuit

In a drug prosecution, a denial of defendant's motion to suppress evidence is affirmed where: 1) an affidavit in support of the search warrant established the reliability of the police's informant; and 2) there were sufficient indicia of reliability without substantial independent police corroboration.

Appellate Information

• Argued 06/16/2009
• Decided 09/08/2009
• Published 09/08/2009

Judges

• Before MOORE, GIBBONS, and FRIEDMAN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:Stephen Ross Johnson, Ritchie, Dillard & Davies, P.C., Knoxville, Tennessee, for Appellant. Hugh B. Ward, Jr., Assistant United States Attorney, Knoxville, Tennessee, for Appellee. ON BRIEF:Stephen Ross Johnson, Ritchie, Dillard & Davies, P.C., Knoxville, Tennessee, for Appellant. Hugh B. Ward, Jr., Assistant United States Attorney, Knoxville, Tennessee, for Appellee.