United States Eighth Circuit

Defendant's conviction for conspiracy to distribute at least fifty grams of cocaine base is affirmed where: 1) the fact the arresting officers may not have "known" defendant had been rejected by the court as a reason to invalidate probable cause; 2) the officers were justified in relying on an informant in their probable cause determination; and 3) even though the officers may not have witnessed actual criminal activity between the informant and defendant, there was a "probability or substantial chance of criminal activity," which was sufficient to support a probable cause determination.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/05/2010
• Published 11/05/2010

Judges

• Kermit M. Bye

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel