Aguilar-Spinelli test

Aguilar-Spinelli test
/agiylar spaneliy/ The "Aguilar-Spinelli" test requires that search warrant affidavits disclose both the underlying circumstances necessary to enable the magistrate independently to judge the validity of the informant's conclusion and make some showing of reliability of the informant. Aguilar v. Texas, 378 U.S. 108, 84 S.Ct. 1509, 12 L.Ed.2d 723; Spinelli v. U.S., 393 U.S. 410, 89 S.Ct. 584, 21 L.Ed.2d 637

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