Smith v. United States

Smith v. United States, 444 U.S. 879 (1979)

Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Decided: October 1, 1979
Docket: No. 79-5266
Citations: 444 U.S. 879100 S. Ct. 16662 L. Ed. 2d 1081979 U.S. LEXIS 3193

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C. A. 8th Cir. Certiorari denied.

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(nervousness deemed consistent with behavior among innocent airport travelers and is entitled to no weight)

United States v. Taylor, 956 F.2d 572 (6th Cir. 1992)
(name, description, and flight on which individual arrived corroborated, tip also stated drugs would be delivered to known dealer--held sufficient to justify investigative stop)

United States v. Gomez, 776 F.2d 542 (5th Cir. 1985)
(although the stop was based on an anonymous tip, it involved some indicia of criminal activity verifiable by the police: the informant stated that the drugs were to be delivered to an individual the police recognized as a known drug dealer)

United States v. Orson G, 648 F.2d 29 (D.C. Cir. 1981)

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United States v. Orson G648 F.2d 29 (D.C. Cir. 1981)
United States v. Eddie Louis Taylor956 F.2d 572 (6th Cir. 1992)
United States v. Ricardo Alonza Gomez, Antonio Reyes Espinoza and Gilbert Barnett Hartman776 F.2d 542 (5th Cir. 1985)
United States v. Jerry Lee Wilson, Norman Karl Scott v. United States671 F.2d 1138 (8th Cir. 1982)
State v. Stovall788 A.2d 746 (N.J. 2002)
George Karnes v. Thomas Skrutski, in His Individual Capacity Edward Kowalski, in His Individual Capacity62 F.3d 485 (3d Cir. 1995)

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State v. Stovall788 A.2d 746 (N.J. 2002)
State v. Rozelle, Unpublished Decision (9-25-2001)No. 00AP-1392 (REGULAR CALENDAR). (Ohio Ct. App. Sept. 25, 2001)
United States v. Angela Travis62 F.3d 170 (6th Cir. 1995)

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