What is the test for probable cause in criminal cases?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from The People v. Lenghiem, B220544, Super. Ct. No. GA070684 (Cal. App. 2011):
of all the definitions of probable cause is a reasonable ground for belief of guilt, '" and that belief must be "particularized with respect to the person to be... seized." (Ibid.)' (People v. Celis [(2004)] 33 Cal.4th [667,] 673.)" (People v. Thompson, supra, 38 Cal.4th at p. 818.)
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