Zemina v. Solem

How courts have described this case

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• holding that probable cause to arrest exists where totality of facts would justify a prudent person in believing the individual arrested had committed an offense
• detention of suitcase for fifteen minutes based on reasonable suspicion held reasonable, continued seizure of suitcase supported by probable cause
• “conduct which would be wholly innocent to the untrained observer . . . might acquire significance when viewed by an agent who is familiar with the practices of drug smugglers and the methods used to avoid detection” (internal quotations omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).