The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Bowen, 876 F.2d 897 (9th Cir. 1989):
Where the issue is one of probable cause, each bit of evidence is not compartmentalized and considered alone; the ultimate factual conclusion requires a due regard of all relevant matters together with permissible inferences to ascertain the likelihood of the particular matter. And in that regard, and as we recently stated in United States v. Hoyos, "[t]he fact that some of these acts, if reviewed separately, might be consistent with innocence is immaterial." 868 F.2d 1131, 1136 (9th Cir.1989).
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