United States v. Biglow

How courts have described this case

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• stating that judges may draw reasonable inferences from the facts in the affidavit
• considering “the nature of the evidence sought” and “all reasonable inferences as to where a criminal would likely keep such evidence”
• upholding search based in part on officers’ experience about where contraband is typically hidden
• “[P]robable cause is a matter of probabilities and common sense conclusions, not certainties.” (internal quotation marks and citation omitted)
• “We recognize that magistrate judges are vested with substantial discretion to draw all 'reasonable inferences' from the Govern-merit's evidence.”
• “[P]robable cause is a matter of probabilities and common sense conclusions, not certainties.” (internal quotation marks and citation omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).