Vincent Henderson’s Empirical Analysis
2000
Citation profile
18
cited by 18 later decisions
November 2015
most recently cited
5 district ·
Relationships
Relies on Terry v. Ohio · Harlow v. Fitzgerald · Anderson v. Creighton · Morrissey v. Brewer · Mapp v. Ohio
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“Probable cause ... is "defined in terms of facLs and circumstances sufficient to warrant a prudent man in believing that the suspect had committed or was committing an offense.” Gerstein v. Pugh, 420 U.S. 103, 111 , 95 S.Ct. 854 , 43 L.Ed.2d 54 (1975) (internal quotation marks omitted). "Whether probable cause exists in a particular situation ... always turns on two factors in combination: the suspect's conduct as known to the officer, and the contours of the offense thought to be committed by that conduct.” Pritchett v. Alford, 973 F.2d 307, 314 (4th Cir.1992). "Probable cause therefore could be lacking in a given case, and an arrestee's right violated, either because of an arresting officer’s insufficient factual knowledge, or legal misunderstanding, or both.” Id.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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