Anonymous Informer Case Study

Here, the court will most likely find that Officer Givens legitimately stopped Mr. Crowder. First, the anonymous informant is likely to be deemed reliable by the court given the content in the tip. Like the informant in Hood, the anonymous informant provided specific information identifying Mr. Crowder, the blue pickup, and the destination where Mr. Crowder was stopped. The informant was also able to provide information about a third party, as the informant in Hood did, in this case the presence of the semi-trailer truck. The anonymous caller also provided how she came across this information, unlike the informant in Kennison. The informant in our case mentioned a time frame in which the semi would be at the mentioned destination. The time-frame between the call and the stop also suggest that the informant will be deemed reliable, since the short time between the call and the stop in White was used as evidence of the informant’s reliability.
However, the informant’s mistake and mundane nature of some of the informant’s information could reduce reliability of the informant. Mr. Crowder is known to have a blue pickup, and the court could consider this information mundane, just as the

Before Givens stopped Mr. Crowder, he verified Mr. Crowder and the blue truck, like the officer in White verified the suspect and the vehicle. Even though Officer Givens thought the pickup was black at first, Givens had known Crowder long enough that Givens most likely could correctly identify him ─ even at night. But, these facts could be considered mundane, like the facts corroborated concerning the defendant’s identity and car in Kennison. But, like the officer in White, Givens also corroborated the destination, and the presence of the third-party (the semi) the anonymous caller mentioned before the stop occurred. At this point, Givens had reasonable