Pringle v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 35 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

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1. “`the factual and practical considerations of everyday life on which reasonable and prudent men, not legal technicians, act.'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. State v. Linghor · Maryland v. Pringle

2. “I agree that the legal sufficiency of evidence in possession of narcotics cases requires the State to produce evidence of dominion or control over the narcotic allegedly possessed, and knowledge therewith, beyond a reasonable doubt. I disagree, however, that the degree of evidence required for a conviction on the charge of possession of narcotics can be equated to that which is required of police officers when making probable cause determinations for warrantless ar rests. Courts reviewing such determinations must not confuse or blend the two standards: probable cause for an arrest (a lower standard than legal sufficiency for a conviction) requires the reasonable belief that the person arrested had committed or was committing the felony crime of possession of narcotics. As we have oft explained, “probable cause is a nontechnical conception of a reasonable ground for belief of guilt, requiring less evidence for such belief than would justify a conviction ....””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. 149 Md. App. 526 - Burns v. State

3. “Probable cause exists where `the facts and circumstances within their [the officers'] knowledge and of which they had reasonably trustworthy information [are] sufficient in themselves to warrant a man of reasonable caution in the belief that' an offense has been or is being committed”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Maryland v. Pringle