Aguilar v. Texas

Infobox SCOTUS case
Litigants=Aguilar v. Texas
ArgueDateA=March 25
ArgueDateB=26
ArgueYear=1964
DecideDate=June 15
DecideYear=1964
FullName=Aguilar v. Texas
USVol=378
USPage=108
Citation=84 S.Ct. 1509; 12 L.Ed.2d 723
Prior=Certiorari to the Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Subsequent=
Holding=The magistrate must be informed of some of the underlying circumstances relied on by the person providing the information and some of the underlying circumstances from which the affiant concluded that the informant, whose identity was not disclosed, was creditable or his information reliable.
SCOTUS=1962-1965
Majority=Goldberg
JoinMajority=Warren, Douglas, Brennan, White
Concurrence=Harlan
Dissent=Clark
JoinDissent=Black, Stewart
LawsApplied=

"Aguilar v. Texas", 378 U.S. 108 (1964), was a decision by the United States Supreme Court, which held that “ [a] lthough an affidavit supporting a search warrant may be based on hearsay information and need not reflect the direct personal observations of the affiant, the magistrate must be informed of some of the underlying circumstances relied on by the person providing the information and some of the underlying circumstances from which the affiant concluded that the informant, whose identity was not disclosed, was creditable or his information reliable.” Along with "Spinelli v. United States" (1969), "Aguilar" established the Aguilar-Spinelli test, a judicial guideline for evaluating the validity of a search warrant based on information provided by a confidential informant or an anonymous tip.

ee also

*List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 378
*"Spinelli v. United States" (1969)
*"Illinois v. Gates" (1983)

Further reading

*cite journal |last=Maples |first=N. |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=1969 |month= |title=Credibility of Informers as Justifying a Warrant to Search or Arrest |journal=Baylor Law Review |volume=21 |issue= |pages=578 |issn=00057274 |url= |accessdate= |quote=

External links

* [http://www.enfacto.com/case/U.S./378/108/ Aguilar v. Texas, 378 U.S. 108 (1964)] (opinion full text).