CRIMES-ARREST-REASONABLE CAUSE TO BELIEVE

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Abstract

The admission of evidence was objected to, in a recent case, on the ground that it had been illegally secured. Officers had arrested the defendant without a warrant, on a charge of illegally transporting liquor. He was in fact guilty of the offense for which arrested, but contended that the evidence secured by the arrest could not be used. The circuit court of appeals phrased the issue thus : ''Was there probable cause for the officers to believe (that the felony was being committed), or were the facts sufficient to give rise merely to a suspicion thereof? If the former, the arrest was legal and the evidence secured by it admissible. If the latter, the arrest was illegal, and the evidence obtained not admissible." Garske v. United States, 1 F. (2d) 620.

Recommended Citation

CRIMES-ARREST-REASONABLE CAUSE TO BELIEVE, 23 Mich. L. Rev. 390 (1925).
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