State of Tennessee, Appellee v. Dennis Keith And, Timothy Collins, Appellants

Summary

The Tennessee Supreme Court affirmed the Court of Criminal Appeals and restored the seized evidence, holding that the investigative stop of the defendants' automobile rested on reasonable suspicion because an anonymous tip, contemporaneously corroborated by police and consistent with prior reliable information from a proven confidential informant, satisfied the veracity and basis-of-knowledge requirements under a totality-of-the-circumstances analysis. On an issue of first impression, the court also held that an incomplete or defective jurat does not invalidate a search warrant issued upon probable cause where extrinsic evidence proves the supporting affidavit was properly sworn by the affiant. The judgment reversing the trial court's suppression orders was affirmed and the cause remanded for further necessary proceedings.