U.S. v. McCauley

In prosecution on drug charges stemming from defendant's arrest on assault charges that began with report by citizen, who claimed that two individuals at certain address had assaulted him, Dist. Ct. did not err in denying defendant's motion to suppress drugs found on defendant following his arrest. Officer had probable cause to arrest defendant on assault charge where defendant matched description given by victim to police, and where victim gave officers directions to apartment where defendant and other individual were found. Ct. rejected defendant's contention that victim's description of defendant as short male with slender build and collar-length braided hair was too general to support finding of probable cause where police corroborated other facts given to them by victim such as accurate description of other assailant.