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Probable Cause
Arrest warrant · Search warrant
Probable cause · Knock-and-announce
Exigent circumstance
Reasonable suspicion
Search and seizure · Search of persons
Arrest · Detention
Right to silence · Miranda warning (U.S.)
Grand jury
Statute of limitations · Nolle prosequi
Bill of attainder · Ex post facto law
Criminal jurisdiction · Extradition
Habeas corpus · Bail
Inquisitorial system · Adversarial system
Arraignment · Information · Indictment
Plea · Peremptory plea
Nolo contendere (U.S.) · Plea bargain
Presentence Investigation
Criminal defenses
Criminal law · Evidence
Civil procedure
Law · Criminal justice
In United States criminal law, probable cause refers to the standard by which a police officer has the right to make an arrest, conduct a personal or property search, or to obtain a warrant for arrest. It is also used to refer to the standard to which a grand jury believes that a crime has been committed. This term comes from the Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution:
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
GPS Devices and Probable Cause
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Lowering the bar on probable cause
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Searching computers w/o probable cause
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D. Kan.: Probable cause alone is not enough for inevitable discovery
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Minzner on Probable Cause & Probability
Max Minzner (Yeshiva University - Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law) has posted Putting Probability Back into Probable Cause on SSRN...
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