- Draper v. United States case brief summary
- Draper was convicted of knowingly concealing and transporting narcotic drugs- heroin found in envelopes and a syringe taken from his person. He is claiming unlawful search and seizure
- Hereford was a special employee of the bureau narcotics at Denver and would give information regarding violations of narcotic laws to Marsh
- He told Marsh that Draper had gone to Chicago and was going to bring back 3 ounces of heroin and what he was wearing. They arrested him at union station matching the description Hereford gave him
- They had no warrant- we are only looking at the probable cause
- Brinegar: was based on personal knowledge and observation, this is reliant on knowledge from a third party
- Hereford died and could not testify
- Probable cause: the facts and circumstances within their (the arresting officers) knowledge and of which they had reasonably trustworthy information are sufficient in themselves to warrant a man of reasonable caution in the belief that an offense has been or is being committed
- We have to look at the time the cop was seizing if they had probable cause we do not look at the fact that he did find heroin
- Holding: Based on the info they got from Hereford they were just doing their jobs, he was a trusted employee so they had probable cause
- DISSENT: they had no evidence of suspicion other than hearsay. Just because it turned out successful does not mean it is constitutional
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