Illinois v. Gates, No. 81-430 (U.S. Supreme Court) (462 U.S. 213; 103 S.Ct. 2317) (June 8, 1983) (Justice Rehnquist)

Loaded on Aug. 18, 2005

Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Probable/Proximate Cause.

In this case the Court was faced with the adequacy of a search warrant and it emphasized that a reviewing magistrate's probable cause determination must be based upon "a 'substantial basis for . . . conclud[ing]' that a search would uncover evidence of wrongdoing . . ." (Id., at 236). ...

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