California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Silveria, 10 Cal.5th 195, 267 Cal.Rptr.3d 303, 471 P.3d 412 (Cal. 2020):
from the "offense stated by the arresting officer at the time of arrest." ( Devenpeck v. Alford (2004) 543 U.S. 146, 148, 153, 125 S.Ct. 588, 160 L.Ed.2d 537 ; see id . at p. 155, 125 S.Ct. 588 ["Those are lawfully arrested whom the facts known to the arresting officers give probable cause to arrest"].)
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