Willie E. Pendergrast v. United States

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• finding probable cause where a victim with a “bloody face” described “salient details” about the incident, identified the alleged assailant, and repeatedly asserted that he was not mistaken as to the identification
• finding probable cause where a victim with a “bloody face” described “salient details” about the incident, 17 identified the alleged assailant, and repeatedly asserted that he was not mistaken as to the identification
• “An inference being a deduction which the trier may or may not make according to his own conclusions.”
• \An inference being a deduction which the trier may or may not make according to his own conclusions.\
• “[I]n determining what justice does require, the Court is bound to consider any change, either in fact or law, which has supervened since the judgment was entered.” (quoting Patterson v. Alabama, 294 U.S. 600, 607 (1935))
• “probable cause is established where (a) the victim of an offense (1) communicates to the arresting officer information affording credible ground for believing that the offense was committed and (2) unequivocally identifies the accused as the perpetrator, and (b

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