Rankin v. Evans

How courts have described this case

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• holding that an officer can rely on a victim’s criminal complaint as support for probable cause
• explaining that an officer USCA11 Case: 23-12517 Document: 34-1 Date Filed: 07/02/2025 Page: 8 of 11 8 Opinion of the Court 23-12517 making an arrest based on probable cause “need not ‘investigate independently every claim of innocence”
• noting standards for probable cause are the same under Florida and federal law
• “Generally, an officer is entitled to rely on a victim’s criminal complaint as support for probable cause.”
• arrest is supported by probable cause when it is objectively reasonable based on the totality of the circumstances
• “Gener- ally, an officer is entitled to rely on a victim’s criminal complaint as support for probable cause.”

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