87 Md. App. 39 - State v. James’s Empirical Analysis

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12 state decisions

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1. “While the standard for probable cause varies with each occurrence, the experience of a police officer is taken into account in determining whether the officer could reasonably believe that the automobile will contain contraband. United States v. Edwards, 577 F.2d 883, 895 (5th Cir.) (en banc), cert. denied, 439 U.S. 968 , 99 S.Ct. 458 , 58 L.Ed.2d 427 (1978). Thus, the Court in United States v. Shaw, 701 F.2d 367, 376 , rehearing denied, 714 F.2d 544 (5th Cir.1983), cert. denied, 465 U.S. 1067 , 104 S.Ct. 1419 , 79 L.Ed.2d 744 (1984), stated that probable cause includes the “sum total of layers of information and the synthesis of what police have heard, what they know, and what they observed as trained offi cers.,””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 172 Md. App. 75 - Daniels v. State