In Alabama v.White (1990), the Court held that an anonymous tip could create a reasonable suspicion if

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In Alabama v. White (1990), the Court held that an anonymous tip could create a reasonable suspicion if it was corroborated in part by police observation. This means that the police would need to independently confirm some of the details in the tip before being able to act on it. Simply recording the tip or the seriousness of the offense (felony or not) would not be enough to create a reasonable suspicion. Obtaining the phone number of the anonymous informant may be helpful in some cases, but it is not a necessary condition for establishing reasonable suspicion.

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