MS implicitly rejects Navarette: uncorroborated anonymous tip is not enough to support a stop

An uncorroborated anonymous tip is not enough to support a stop, and defendant’s DUI conviction is reversed and dismissed. (The majority does not cite or explain away Navarette but the dissent does address it. The opinion attempts to rely on both the Fourth Amendment and the state constitution, so the court implicitly rejects Navarette, but concludes: “The lack of sufficient indicia of reliability in today’s case, coupled with the officers’ failure to corroborate the criminal activity reported, results in the stop violating Cook’s Fourth-Amendment right to be secure from unreasonable searches and seizures.” Is that enough to avoid SCOTUS review?) Cook v. Rankin County, 2014 Miss. LEXIS 506 (October 16, 2014).

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