Probable Cause
…Probable Cause Hearing A probable cause hearing is part of the pre-trial stages of a criminal case. During a probable cause hearing, a judge will decide whether probable cause exists…
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…Probable Cause Hearing A probable cause hearing is part of the pre-trial stages of a criminal case. During a probable cause hearing, a judge will decide whether probable cause exists…
Read more…constitutional since officers possessed probable cause that the specific bag contained contraband. Concurring or Dissenting opinion: Concurring (Scalia): The search was constitutional. This is because under the Fourth Amendment, a…
Read more…employee’s contract because he is failing in his performance is said to have good cause in letting that person go. To explore this concept, consider the following good cause definition….
Read more…the stop sign, the impact of a tow truck that happened by could not. Proximate Cause, Superseding Cause, and Intervening Cause There are three ways to categorize cause in any…
Read more…permissible search can then be used to charge Steven with another drug-related crime. Reasonable Suspicion vs. Probable Cause Both reasonable suspicion and probable cause have to do with determining when…
Read more…“probable cause” refers to a legitimate belief that a person has committed a crime or will commit a crime in the future. For a police officer to have probable cause,…
Read more…and Holding: Must an officer establish probable cause in order to invoke the plain view doctrine? Yes. Judgment: The Court held that the search was unconstitutional absent probable cause. Reasoning:…
Read more…Fourteenth Amendment) allows an officer to arrest without a warrant if the officer has probable cause to believe a person has committed a crime. The notion of “probable cause” is…
Read more…that the officer, upon recovering the suspected cocaine, had probable cause to believe a felony had been committed; the question is whether he had probable cause to believe Pringle committed…
Read more…when the police officer lacks probable cause to immediately make an arrest. If probable cause develops during the Terry Stop, then the officer will make the arrest. If not, then…
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