NE: Anonymous call here too thin to base a stop

An anonymous call without anything really supporting a crime was an insufficient basis for a stop. State v. Rodriguez, 288 Neb. 878, 2014 Neb. LEXIS 139 (August 29, 2014):

In Navarette and White, the investigatory stops were approved, but both were seen as “close cases” by the U.S. Supreme Court. Because there are important differences in the totality of the circumstances between the present case and relevant precedent, we reach a different outcome. In particular, although the indicia of reliability in this case bear a similarity to those noted in Navarette, we believe there are two important factors explored below that lead to a different result: (1) Kleensang had reason to doubt the reliability of the anonymous caller’s report of illegal activity and (2) the anonymous caller in this case did not report an ongoing crime.