Supreme Court· 4/5/1971

Hill v. California

Citations

401 U.S. 797
91 S. Ct. 1106
28 L. Ed. 2d 484
1971 U.S. LEXIS 59
27 A.F.T.R.2d (RIA) 1006

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holding that person mistakenly arrested by police who had probable cause to arrest another was validly arrested
holding that person mistakenly arrested by police who had probable cause to arrest another was validly arrested
holding that probable cause existed even though the police arrested the wrong person because of an imperfect description
holding that officers had a “reasonable, good-faith belief that the arrestee” was the person sought in a robbery when the arrestee fit the physical description of the robber
holding that the Fourth Amendment’s reasonableness requirement was not violated by an arrest based on probable cause, even though the officers arrested the wrong person
holding that arrest of plaintiff, where police were mistaken as to his identity, was a seizure under the Fourth Amendment

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Judges: White, Burger, Brennan, Stewart, Blackmun, Black, Harlan, Marshall, Douglas

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