Is an arrest valid if the arresting officer had probable cause?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Dorsey, 418 F.3d 1038 (9th Cir. 2005):
An arrest is constitutionally valid if the arresting officers had probable cause to make the arrest. Beck v. Ohio, 379 U.S. 89, 91, 85 S.Ct. 223, 13 L.Ed.2d 142 (1964). Officers have probable cause to make an arrest when:
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