Is reasonable cause a reasonable cause?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Espinoza v. Shiomoto, 213 Cal.Rptr.3d 620 (Cal. App. 2017):
Similarly, reasonable cause is " "defined as that state of facts as would lead a man of ordinary care and prudence to believe and conscientiously entertain an honest and strong suspicion that the person is guilty of a crime." [Citations.]" (People v. Adair (2003) 29 Cal.4th 895, 904, 129 Cal.Rptr.2d 799, 62 P.3d 45 ; accord, Cantrell v. Zolin (1994) 23 Cal.App.4th 128, 133, 28 Cal.Rptr.2d 238.)
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