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Rhode Island Supreme Court: Officer Lacked Reasonable Suspicion for Terry Stop Based on Unsubstantiated, Anonymous Tip

by Sam Rutherford

The Supreme Court of Rhode Island held that a police officer lacked reasonable suspicion to conduct an investigative search where the initial detention was based on an unsubstantiated, anonymous tip from a citizen informant that was communicated by dispatch. The fact that the defendant matched the tipster’s ...

 

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