Valente v. Wallace

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• handwriting comparison, “a less rigorous means of identification” than fingerprint analysis, may be used to support probable cause
• “For a warrantless arrest, the Fourth Amendment is taken to require 'probable cause,' Wong Sun v. United States, 371 U.S. 471, 479, 83 S.Ct. 407, 9 L.Ed.2d 441 (1963).”
• \The [probable cause] test is objective and turns on what a reasonable police officer would conclude based on the evidence actually available at the time (and not on unknown facts or subsequent events).\ (Emphasis added; citation omitted.)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).