· 8/19/1986
A. Douglas Thompson v. Richard Olson, Franklin Noiles, and Stephen Robinson
Citations
- 798 F.2d 552
- 1986 U.S. App. LEXIS 28794
How courts have described this case
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- explaining that police officers not required to give significant weight to suspect’s self-exonerating claims in determining whether probable cause existed
- police officer's initial finding of probable cause justifies not only arrest, but reasonable period of continued detention for the purpose of bringing the arrestee before a magistrate, subject only to officer's continuing obligation to act reasonably
- \Police officers hear many self-exonerating claims from suspects and should not be required to give significant weight to these statements in post-arrest determinations of whether probable cause has dissipated to such an extent that the suspect should be released.\
- see supra, notes 1 and 2
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Judges: Breyer, Brown, Torruella
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