U.S. v. STRICKLAND

No. 96-6665.

144 F.3d 412 (1998)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. DeWayne A. STRICKLAND, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided May 20, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul W. Laymon, Jr., Asst. U.S. Atty. (argued and briefed), Office of the U.S. Attorney, Chattanooga, TN, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Leonard M. Caputo (argued and briefed), Phillips & Caputo, Chattanooga, TN, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before: BOGGS, NORRIS, and MOORE, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

BOGGS, Circuit Judge.

This case requires us to decide whether the Fourth Amendment's requirement of probable cause for an arrest is satisfied when, in effecting an arrest of a suspected drug dealer, police officers rely solely on the statements of an informant as to the manner in which the planned drug deal would take place and on certain occurrences the officers observe at the time and place of the planned...

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