UNITED STATES v. McBRIDE

No. 85-2254.

801 F.2d 1045 (1986)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. Perry L. McBRIDE and Roy Villanueva, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided September 24, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Richards, Asst. U.S. Atty., Des Moines, Iowa, for appellant.

Dennis L. Eaton, Des Moines, Iowa, for appellees.

Before JOHN R. GIBSON and WOLLMAN, Circuit Judges, and HARRIS, Senior District Judge.


WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.

This appeal from an order suppressing evidence requires that we consider the degree to which police may rely on anonymous tips in forming the reasonable, articulable suspicions necessary to justify investigatory stops. See Terry v. Ohio, 392 U.S. 1, 88 S.Ct. 1868, 20 L.Ed.2d 889 (1968).

A Des Moines, Iowa, police dispatcher at approximately 4 p.m. on August 1, 1985, was told by an anonymous caller...

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