Nalenzer Lee Edwards v. United States
FourthAmendment CriminalProcedure
Did the Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit error in finding probable cause to justify a vehicle stop and the arrest of petitioner?
QUESTION PRESENTED As recently as 2014, this Court reemphasized that an informant’s knowledge of a suspect’s future movements may be indicative of some familiarity with the suspect’s affairs, but it does not necessarily imply the informant knows whether the suspect is carrying hidden contraband. Navarette v. California, 572 U.S. 393, 399 (2014), citing Florida v. J.L., 529 U.S. 266, 271 (2000). The question presented is: Did the Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit error in finding probable cause to justify a vehicle stop and the arrest of petitioner, where a previously reliable confidential informant twice correctly predicted that petitioner would drive from Columbia, Missouri, to Jefferson City, Missouri, supposedly for the purpose of purchasing heroin, but where police gave minimum effort to confirm petitioner would actually be in possession of heroin at the time of arrest, beyond following petitioner on his trips to Jefferson City? i