· 6/12/2015
B., TEEHONESTEE, MTR. OF
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- holding that a difference of a few years in age and three inches in height did not negate proba- ble cause
- holding that a difference of a few years in age and three inches in height did not negate proba- ble cause
- noting a reasonable officer can have probable cause even if she turns out to have been mistaken and finding the officer had at least arguable probable cause and was entitled to qualified immunity
- “[Probable cause] ‘requires only a probability or substantial chance of criminal activity, not an actual showing of such activity.’”
- “Discrepancies between a witness’s description and an officer’s observation of the suspect are not unusual and do not automatically negate probable cause.”
- “Of- ficers executing warrants … may violate the Fourth Amend- ment if they know or should know, before execution, that the warrant has an error or critical ambiguity that risks a search of the wrong location.”
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