State v. Ahrens’s Empirical Analysis

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14 state decisions

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1. “"Reasonable belief—or `probable cause', as it is termed under the federal standard—to make an arrest without a warrant exists when the facts and circumstances within the arresting officer's knowledge, and of which he has reasonably trustworthy information, are sufficient in themselves to justify a man of average caution in the belief that a felony has been or is being committed. Draper v. United States, 358 U.S. 307 , 79 S.Ct. 329 , 3 L.Ed.2d 327 (1959); State v. Green, 244 La. 80 , 150 So.2d 571 (1963); State v. Aias, 243 La. 945 , 149 So.2d 400 (1963); State v. Calascione, 243 La. 993 , 149 So.2d 417 (1963). "Compliance with these standards is, in the first instance, a substantive determination to be made by the trial court from the facts and circumstances of the case. Ker v. State of California, 374 U.S. 23 , 83 S.Ct. 1623 , 10 L.Ed.2d 726 (1963); State v. McIlvaine, 247 La. 747 , 174 So.2d 515 (1965). "And in determining compliance with these standards it is not the proof required for conviction which concerns us. Proof required to satisfy the requirement of reasonable belief or probable cause is less and is what the terms imply: probabilities and practical considerations of everyday life on which reasonable men could reasonably be expected to act. Brinegar v. United States, 338 U.S. 160 , 69 S.Ct. 1302 , 93 L.Ed. 1879 (1949); State v. Bourg, 248 La. 844 , 182 So.2d 510 (1966). "In such cases, because only factual issues are presented by the contentions, the setting in wh”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 345 So. 2d 452 - State v. Linkletter