54 Ala. App. 71 - Aaron v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1974
Citation profile
14
cited by 14 later decisions
1
states following
August 1986
most recently cited
14 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 49 Ala. App. 259 - Haggler v. State · Boulden v. State · Hines v. State · 47 Ala. App. 182 - Felton v. State · 39 Ala. App. 638 - Sumeral v. State
Most-quoted passages
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“"(4) When he has reasonable cause to believe that the person arrested has committed a felony, although it may afterwards appear that a felony had not in fact been committed; or "(5) On a charge made, upon reasonable cause, that the person arrested has committed a felony."”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“The arrest of a defendant without a warrant is lawful where the arresting officer unquestionably had reasonable cause to believe that the person arrested had committed a felony.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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