Opinion ID: 901878
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 6

Heading: Quantity of Information

Text: [¶ 13.] In reviewing the quantity of information provided by a tip, both Scholl and Wheat considered a number of identifying facts provided by the tipster such as the make and model of the vehicle, its license plate numbers . . . so that the officer, and the court, may be certain that the vehicle stopped is the same as the one identified by the [tipster].  Scholl, 2004 SD 85, ¶9, 684 NW2d at 86-87 (quoting Wheat, 278 F3d at 731) (emphasis added). In this case there was almost no danger of misidentification. The tipster identified the particular van by pointing directly at it, in the officer's presence. In this situation, the tipster provided a sufficient quantity of information.