According to the court, the color of the truck, the license plate and the arrival time and location of the truck supplied sufficient indicia of probable cause. Citing two Eleventh Circuit cases, Cauchon v. United States, 824 F.2d 908 (11th Cir.) cert. denied, 484 U.S. 957, 108 S.Ct. 355, 98 L.Ed.2d 380 (1987) and United States v. Amorin, 810 F.2d 1040 (11th Cir. 1987), the court said, "[i]n many situations, however, confirmation of details provided by a confidential informant, even innocent details, may give rise to probable cause." This reliance was misplaced because these cases are readily distinguishable from the case at bar.
Id. at 825, 102 S.Ct. at 2173. In United States v. Amorin, 810 F.2d 1040 (11th Cir. 1987), police had probable cause to believe that a green duffle bag in the defendant's possession contained cocaine. While the defendant's house was under surveillance, the police saw the defendant place the duffle bag in his vehicle.
After all, the police did not use the eight-month interval to corroborate the "information" earlier received or to maintain surveillance of the defendant's activities to support the issuance of the warrant. Compare with Cauchon v. United States, 824 F.2d 908 (11th Cir. 1987), cert. denied, 484 U.S. 957, 108 S.Ct. 355, 98 L.Ed.2d 380 (1987); United States v. Amorin, 810 F.2d 1040 (11th Cir. 1987). Here, the police did nothing.