What is the current standard for determining whether a person has committed a crime in the context of a criminal investigation?
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The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Burnette, 698 F.2d 1038 (9th Cir. 1983):
11 We formerly employed a somewhat different standard. That standard, originally enunciated in Parker v. Swenson, 332 F.Supp. 1225, 1230-31 (E.D.Mo.1971), and adopted by this court in United States v. Crawford, 576 F.2d 794, 797 (9th Cir.), cert. denied, 439 U.S. 851, 99 S.Ct. 157, 58 L.Ed.2d 155 (1978), provided for consideration of:
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