156 So. 3d 738 - State v. Gayton’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “The U.S. Supreme Court has long held that the warrantless arrest of a suspect based on probable cause is reasonable under the Fourth Amendment. See Robinson, 414 U.S. at 235 , 94 S.Ct. 467 . Article 213 of the Louisiana Code of Criminal Procedure permits officers to execute warrantless arrests of persons when “[t]he person to be arrested has committed an offense in his presence....” See La. C.Cr.P. art. 213 A(1).8 See also Atwater v. City of Lago Vista, 532 U.S. 318, 354 , 121 S.Ct. 1536 , 149 L.Ed.2d 549 (2001) ( “If an officer has probable cause to believe that an individual has committed even a very minor criminal offense in his presence, he may, without violating the Fourth Amendment, arrest the offender.”). (Emphasis added).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 209 So. 3d 217 - State ex rel. R.M.