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· 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

How courts have described this case

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  • “[Wjhen the police have probable cause to arrest one party, and when they reasonably mistake a second party for the first party, then the arrest of the second party is a valid arrest.” (internal quotation marks omitted)

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

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