44 Va. App. 463 - Maye v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis

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11 state decisions

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1. “[p]robable cause, as the very name implies, deals with probabilities. These are not technical; they are factual and practical considerations in every day life on which reasonable and prudent men, not legal technicians, act. Probable cause exists where the totality of the circumstances set forth in the affidavit supports a common sense decision by the magistrate that there is a fair probability that contraband or evidence of a crime will be found in a particular place. Probable cause is a fluid concept-turning' on the assessment of probabilities in particular factual contexts-not readily, or even usefully, reduced to a neat set of legal rules. Because it is a fluid concept based on probabilities, the continued existence of probable cause at a particular time is dependent upon the circumstances. So long as probable cause continues to exist, the search will be valid.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Cox v. Roach