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· 8/21/1992

United States v. Alfredo F. Gonzalez

Citations

  • 969 F.2d 999
  • 1992 U.S. App. LEXIS 19327
  • 1992 WL 186026

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • emphasizing that a probable cause determination must be decided on “the objective facts available to the officers” at the time of the search
  • explaining that an officer's objectively reasonable, good-faith misidentification while conducting surveillance may support probable cause to arrest
  • “The Supreme Court has repeatedly recognized the need to allow some latitude for honest mistakes that are made by officers in the dangerous and difficult process of making arrests and executing search warrants.”

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Judges: Tjoflat, Edmondson, Morgan

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