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3 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 11 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Commonwealth v. Lyons.

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1 Commonwealth v. Lyons Anchor
mass · 1990
green “because the standard is reasonable suspicion rather than probable cause, a less rigorous showing in each of these areas is permissible.” 5
2 Commonwealth v. Riggieri
mass · 2003
green “independent police corroboration may make up for deficiencies in one or both of these factors.” 3
3 Commonwealth v. Lopes
mass · 2009
green “to establish that the transmitted information bears adequate indicia of reliability, the commonwealth must show the basis of knowledge of the source of the information (the basis of knowledge test) and the underlying circumstances demonstrating that the source of the information…” 3

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