United States Ninth Circuit

Anonymous tip that defendant was transporting drugs did not justify stop where tip gave destination of a city, rather than address, police stopped car before it reached that city and license plate number provided was outdated.

Appellate Information

• Argued 03/08/2001
• Decided 06/07/2001
• Published 06/07/2001

Judges

• PREGERSON, Circuit Judge:, Before:  PREGERSON, THOMAS, and GOULD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Josh Van de Wetering, Assistant United States Attorney, Missoula, Montana, for the plaintiff-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Mark C. Prothero, Spokane, Washington, for defendant-appellee Jaime Galvan Morales, and Bevan J. Maxey, Spokane, Washington, for defendant-appellee Octavio Alvarez Ruelas.