ALABAMA V. WHITE
496 U.S. 325 (1990)
NATURE OF THE CASE: This was a dispute over an anonymous telephone tip.
FACTS: Police received a telephone call stating that a Vanessa White (D) would be leaving certain apartments in a particular car with a right taillight broken and that she would be going to a motel with an ounce of cocaine inside a brown attach case. Police proceeded on this information and saw the car just as predicted by the phone call. They observed D get in her car and followed it to the motel given in the phone call. They stopped the car just short of the motel and informed D that she was suspected of carrying cocaine. D gave the officers permission to search and they found the attach case and found marijuana inside the locked case. D was placed under arrest. During booking, the police found three milligrams of cocaine in D's purse. D's motion to suppress was denied. D pled guilty reserving the right to appeal the denial of the motion to suppress. The court of appeals reversed in that they officers did not have a reasonable suspicion under Terry to stop the car.
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