· 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
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- 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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