 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Crime - 1984 - 478 pages
...requesting extradition, would have to present to the magistrate issuing an arrest warrant allegations of "facts and circumstances 'sufficient to warrant...that the [suspect] had committed or was committing an offense,1" before a warrant could be issued. Since the "simple suspicion of police suspicion is not... | |
 | Roger J. R. Levesque - 2006 - 746 pages
...and of which they had reasonably trustworthy information were sufficient to warrant a prudent person in believing that the suspect had committed or was committing an offense. The legal system generally refers to this evidentiary standard as less than that which would justify... | |
 | Jack R. Greene - 2007 - 1575 pages
...within [the officers'] knowledge and of which they [have] reasonable trustworthy information [are] sufficient to warrant a prudent man in believing that...[suspect] had committed or was committing an offense" (Beck v. Ohio, 379 US 89, 91 [1964]). When the arresting officer's own observations are the basis for... | |
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The standard for arrest is probable cause, defined in terms of facts and circumstances "sufficient to warrant a prudent man in believing that the [suspect] had committed or was committing an offense. 