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· 8/10/1971

Ricehill v. Brewer

Citations

  • 338 F. Supp. 1311
  • 1971 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 12100

How courts have described this case

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  • looking to the substance of events, not their form, and finding it “quite clear” that although police only arrested Ricehill for vagrancy — which is not an indictable offense — the available facts also provided the officer with probable cause to arrest for murder

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Judges: Stephenson

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