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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 This page is continued from Criminal Proceedings<\/a> >>>> 1. The Arrest, Search and Seizure, and Booking<\/a> >>>> i. The Arrest \u2013 lawful or unlawful?<\/a>:<\/span>
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probable cause for arrest<\/span>:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

A reasonable ground of suspicion, supported by circumstances sufficiently strong in themselves to warrant a cautious man in believing the accused to be guilty.\u00a0 In substance, a reasonable ground for belief in guilt.\u00a0 Brinegar v United States<\/em>, 338 US 160, 93 L Ed 1879, 69 S Ct <\/span><\/strong>1302, reh den 338 US 839, 94 L Ed 513, 70 S Ct 31<\/span>.<\/strong> [1]<\/span><\/p>\n

probable cause<\/span>:<\/span>
\n<\/strong>(16C)<\/span><\/p>\n

1.<\/strong> Criminal law<\/em>. A reasonable ground to suspect that a person has committed or is committing a crime or that a place contains specific items connected with a crime.\u00a0 *\u00a0 Under the Fourth Amendment, probable cause \u2014 which amounts to more than a bare suspicion but less than evidence that would justify a conviction \u2014 must be shown before an arrest warrant or search warrant may be issued. <\/strong>\u2014 aka reasonable cause<\/strong><\/em><\/span>; sufficient cause<\/strong><\/em><\/span>; reasonable grounds<\/strong><\/em><\/span>; reasonable excuse<\/strong><\/em><\/span>. <\/span>[2]<\/span><\/p>\n

1. Reasonable cause as shown by the circumstances of the case. Goldstien v Sabella<\/em> (Fla) 88 So 2d 910, 58 ALR2d 1418<\/span>.<\/strong> [1]<\/span><\/p>\n

1. A reasonable amount of suspicions, supported by circumstances sufficiently strong to justify a prudent and cautious person\u2019s belief that certain facts are probably true.\u00a0 A judge may not issue a search warrant unless she is shown probable cause to believe there is evidence\u00a0 of crime on the premises.\u00a0 A police officer may not make an arrest without a warrant unless he has reasonable cause, based upon reliable information, to believe a crime has been or is being committed<\/strong><\/span>. [3]<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Excerpt from Wayne R. LaFave & Jerold H. Israel\u2019s<\/span> Criminal Procedure<\/em><\/a> (2d ed. 1992):<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cProbable cause may not be established simply by showing that the officer who made the challenged arrest or search subjectively believed he had grounds for his action.\u00a0 As emphasized in Beck v. Ohio<\/em> [379 U.S. 89, 85 S.Ct. 223 (1964)]: \u2018If subjective good faith alone were the test, the protection of the Fourth Amendment would evaporate, and the people would be \u201csecure in their persons, houses,\u00a0 papers, and effects\u201d only in the discretion of the police.\u2019\u00a0 The probable cause test, then, is an objective one; for there to be probable cause, the facts must be such as would warrant a belief by a reasonable man.<\/span>\u201d <\/strong>[4]<\/span><\/p>\n

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[1]: Ballantine\u2019s Law Dictionary\u00a0<\/a>with Pronunciations
\n<\/a><\/em>Third Edition<\/a>\u00a0by James A. Ballantine\u00a0(James Arthur 1871-1949).\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>Edited by William S. Anderson.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a9 1969 by THE LAWYER\u2019S CO-OPERATIVE PUBLISHING COMPANY.\u00a0 Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 68-30931<\/b><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

[2]: Black\u2019s Law Dictionary\u00a0Deluxe Tenth Edition\u00a0by Henry Campbell Black & Editor in Chief Bryan A. Garner<\/a>. ISBN: 978-0-314-62130-6<\/b><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

[3]:\u00a0\u00a0Ballantine\u2019s Law Dictionary <\/a><\/b><\/span><\/strong>Legal Assistant Edition<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em>
\nby Jack Ballantine\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/strong>(James Arthur 1871-1949).\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/em>Doctored<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/em>by\u00a0Jack G. Handler,\u00a0J.D.<\/a>\u00a0\u00a9 1994 Delmar by Thomson Learning.\u00a0 ISBN 0-8273-4874-6.<\/b><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

[4]: Wayne R. LaFave & Jerold H. Israel, Criminal Procedure<\/em><\/a> 9 3.3, at 140 (2d ed. 1992).<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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