Draper v. US - Summary Criminal Procedure: Investigating Crime PDF

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Draper&v.&US Wednesday,. October. 5,. 2016

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• 1958 • Facts: ○ A.federal. narcotics. agent. regularly. worked. with. a.paid. informant. who.told.the. agent. that. Draper. had.recently. moved. to.the.city. (denver). and.was.dealing. drugs § Informed. agent. that.draper. had.left. for.Chicago. to.obtain. heroin. and.would. be.returning. by.trained. on.a.specific. morning. - provided. detailed. description. of.Draper. and.the.bag. he.would. have. with.him ○ The. agent. and.a.Denver. police. agent. identified. a.person. matching. Draper's. description. exiting. a.train. from. Chicago § They. stopped. and.arrested. him. - finding. heroin. and.syringe. in. his.bag ○ Moved. to.suppress. evidence. saying. it.was.an.illegal. search. and. seizure. § District. court. dismissed. the. motion. after. finding. that. the. officers. had.probable. cause. to.arrest. Draper. without. a. warrant □ Therefore,. the.fruit. of.the.search. was. lawful ○ Tried. and.convicted. and.the.appeals. court. affirmed. the. decision • Issue:. Does. knowledge. provided. by.an.informant. give. the.police. probable. cause. under. the.4th.amendment. to.arrest. and.search. a.suspect • Holding:. .Yes..Evidence. required. to.show.probable. cause. is.not.held. to. the.same. standard. as.evidence. required. to.prove. guilt. in.trial • Reason:. Because. the.agent. was.able. to.personally. verify. the. description. the.informant. had.given. -->. he.had."reasonable. grounds". to.believe. that. the.information. regarding. the.heroin. would. also.be.correct...