Court Opinion

ID: 9846115
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-24 03:34:57.179766+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:16:33.604027
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Gordon, J.,
concurring in result.
The majority concludes that an informer may be found credible or his information found reliable because he claimed to be an eyewitness or because his information was detailed. I do not so read the opinion of the Court and the concurring opinion of Mr. Justice White in Spinelli v. United States, 393 U.S. 410, 89 S.Ct. 584, 21 L.Ed.2d 637 (1969). And I believe reason militates against such a conclusion.
I agree with the majority, however, that reliability in this case was sufficiently established by the informer’s admission against interest. So I concur in affirming the judgment.