Geo. A. Hormel & Company v. Myron Asper

Law-enforcement officers received a tip from a confidential, reliable informant (CRI) stating that a man named "O" would be arriving at a particular address in Apple Valley with crack cocaine. After the officers set up surveillance, the CRI called and stated that O would be driving a rental car and described Os clothing in detail. Respondent, Orlando Ross, arrived at the appointed time, and the officers detained and searched him, finding crack cocaine. The district court found that there were insufficient indicia of the CRIs reliability to conclude that there was probable cause to search respondent and ordered the evidence suppressed and the charges dismissed. We reverse.