What is the current state of the law on the right not to be arrested without probable cause?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Cook v. Sheldon, 41 F.3d 73 (2nd Cir. 1994):
It is now far too late in our constitutional history to deny that a person has a clearly established right not to be arrested without probable cause. See Soares v. State of Connecticut, 8 F.3d 917, 920 (2d Cir.1993); Golino, 950 F.2d at 870.
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