Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "The Aguilar–Spinelli test was a judicial guideline set down by the U.S. Supreme Court for evaluating the validity of a search warrant or a warrantless arrest based on information provided by a confidential informant or an anonymous tip. The Supreme Court abandoned the Aguilar–Spinelli test in Illinois v. Gates, 462 U.S. 213 (1983), in favor of a rule that evaluates the reliability of the information under the \"totality of the circumstances.\" However, Alaska, Massachusetts, New York, Tennessee, Vermont, and Washington have retained the Aguilar–Spinelli test, based on their own state constitutions.The two \"prongs\" of the test are that, when law enforcement seeks a search warrant and a magistrate signs a warrant:The magistrate must be informed of the reasons to support the conclusion that such an informant is reliable and credible.The magistrate must be informed of some of the underlying circumstances relied on by the person providing the information.This information provided to a magistrate will allow the magistrate to make an independent evaluation of the probable cause that a crime has been or will be committed."@en }
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- Aguilar–Spinelli_test abstract "The Aguilar–Spinelli test was a judicial guideline set down by the U.S. Supreme Court for evaluating the validity of a search warrant or a warrantless arrest based on information provided by a confidential informant or an anonymous tip. The Supreme Court abandoned the Aguilar–Spinelli test in Illinois v. Gates, 462 U.S. 213 (1983), in favor of a rule that evaluates the reliability of the information under the \"totality of the circumstances.\" However, Alaska, Massachusetts, New York, Tennessee, Vermont, and Washington have retained the Aguilar–Spinelli test, based on their own state constitutions.The two \"prongs\" of the test are that, when law enforcement seeks a search warrant and a magistrate signs a warrant:The magistrate must be informed of the reasons to support the conclusion that such an informant is reliable and credible.The magistrate must be informed of some of the underlying circumstances relied on by the person providing the information.This information provided to a magistrate will allow the magistrate to make an independent evaluation of the probable cause that a crime has been or will be committed.".